Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26765526›Full record

ArticlePloS one2016

Fibroblast Cell-Based Therapy for Experimental Autoimmune Diabetes.

Reza B Jalili, Yun Zhang, Azadeh Hosseini-Tabatabaei, Ruhangiz T Kilani, Mohsen Khosravi Maharlooei, Yunyuan Li, Sanam Salimi Elizei, Garth L Warnock, Aziz Ghahary

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Engineering an indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase immunotherapyMolecular systems design & engineering · 2025
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Lymph Node Stromal Cells: Mapmakers of T Cell Immunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
    Review
  6. Frontiers in immunology · 2020
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Reza B JaliliDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Yun ZhangDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Azadeh Hosseini-TabatabaeiDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Ruhangiz T KilaniDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Mohsen Khosravi MaharlooeiDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Yunyuan LiDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Sanam Salimi ElizeiDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Garth L WarnockDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Aziz GhaharyDepartment of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from autoimmune destruction of insulin producing β cells of the pancreatic islets. Curbing autoimmunity at the initiation of T1D can result in recovery of residual β cells and consequently remission of diabetes. Here we report a cell-based therapy for autoimmune diabetes in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice using dermal fibroblasts. This was achieved by a single injection of fibroblasts, expressing the immunoregulatory molecule indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO), into peritoneal cavity of NOD mice shortly after the onset of overt hyperglycemia. Mice were then monitored for reversal of hyperglycemia and changes in inflammatory/regulatory T cell profiles. Blood glucose levels dropped into the normal range in 82% of NOD mice after receiving IDO-expressing fibroblasts while all control mice remained diabetic. We found significantly reduced islet inflammation, increased regulatory T cells, and decreased T helper 17 cells and β cell specific autoreactive CD8+ T cells following IDO cell therapy. We further showed that some of intraperitoneal injected fibroblasts migrated to local lymph nodes and expressed co-inhibitory molecules. These findings suggest that IDO fibroblasts therapy can reinstate self-tolerance and alleviate β cell autoreactivity in NOD mice, resulting in remission of autoimmune diabetes.

Indexed as

Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalAnimalsAutoimmunityCell MovementDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1FibroblastsGene ExpressionHyperglycemiaIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseInsulin-Secreting CellsIslets of LangerhansLymph NodesLymphocyte CountMiceMice, Inbred NODIndoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-DioxygenaseReceptors, CCR7

Identifiers

PMID26765526
PMCPMC4713151
OpenAlexW2413218270

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.