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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2016

Thioreductase-Containing Epitopes Inhibit the Development of Type 1 Diabetes in the NOD Mouse Model.

Elin Malek Abrahimians, Luc Vander Elst, Vincent A Carlier, Jean-Marie Saint-Remy

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT03272269 (A Phase I Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Dose Escalation Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immune Responses of Imcyse's IMCY-0098 in Patients With Recent Onset Type 1 Diabetes), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.

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NCT03272269 phase1completednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

A Phase I Placebo-controlled, Double-blind, Dose Escalation Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Immune Responses of Imcyse's IMCY-0098 in Patients With Recent Onset Type 1 Diabetes

TypeinterventionalSponsorImcyse SARan2017 to 2019Enrolled41ConditionsType 1 Diabetes MellitusArmsIMCY-0098, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elin Malek AbrahimiansCenter for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ImCyse SA, Leuven, Belgium.
Luc Vander ElstCenter for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ImCyse SA, Leuven, Belgium.
Vincent A CarlierCenter for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ImCyse SA, Leuven, Belgium.
Jean-Marie Saint-RemyCenter for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ImCyse SA, Leuven, Belgium.
ImCyse (Belgium) · BEKU Leuven · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoreactive CD4(+) T cells recognizing islet-derived antigens play a primary role in type 1 diabetes. Specific suppression of such cells therefore represents a strategic target for the cure of the disease. We have developed a methodology by which CD4(+) T cells acquire apoptosis-inducing properties on antigen-presenting cells after cognate recognition of natural sequence epitopes. We describe here that inclusion of a thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase (thioreductase) motif within the flanking residues of a single MHC class II-restricted GAD65 epitope induces GAD65-specific cytolytic CD4(+) T cells (cCD4(+) T). The latter, obtained either in vitro or by active immunization, acquire an effector memory phenotype and lyse APCs by a Fas-FasL interaction. Furthermore, cCD4(+) T cells eliminate by apoptosis activated bystander CD4(+) T cells recognizing alternative epitopes processed by the same APC. Active immunization with a GAD65 class II-restricted thioreductase-containing T cell epitope protects mice from diabetes and abrogates insulitis. Passive transfer of in vitro-elicited cCD4(+) T cells establishes that such cells are efficient in suppressing autoimmunity. These findings provide strong evidence for a new vaccination strategy to prevent type 1 diabetes.

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antigen-specificcytolytic CD4+ T cellsMHC class II epitopesNOD mousetype 1 diabetes

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PMID26973647
PMCPMC4773585
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