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ArticleCell stress & chaperones2018

Correlation between heat shock proteins, adiponectin, and T lymphocyte cytokine expression in type 2 diabetics.

Fadia F Mahmoud, David Haines, Ali A Dashti, Sherief El-Shazly, Fawzia Al-Najjar

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Article in Cell stress & chaperones, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Fadia F MahmoudDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait. fadia@hsc.edu.kw.
David HainesDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Ali A DashtiDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Sherief El-ShazlyDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Fawzia Al-NajjarDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Kuwait University · KWOxford Biotherapeutics (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) features insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, overproduction of inflammatory cytokines, and systemic oxidative stress. Here, heat shock proteins Hsp70 and Hsp 90, adiponectin, and heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1, Hsp32) are profiled in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and serum from 25 T2DM patients and 25 healthy control subjects. Cells cultured with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate/ionomycin were evaluated by three-color flow cytometry for immunophenotypic biomarkers. Plasma HO-1, Hsp, and adiponectin levels were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Relative to healthy controls, T2DM patients exhibited significantly elevated plasma Hsp70, and representation of T helper immunophenotypes activated to express inflammatory cytokines, including CD4+ IFN-γ+, CD4+ TNF-α+, CD4+ IL-6+, CD4+ IL-1β+ T cells, significantly lower representation of CD4+ IL-10+ T cells, plasma adiponectin and cell-associated HO-1 expression-with no significant differences in plasma Hsp90 between T2DM and healthy controls. Plasma HO-1 and adiponectin in T2DM patients inversely correlated with TNF-α and showed inverse correlation between serum LDL and plasma HO-1. Moreover, TNF-α and Hsp90 in T2DM patients correlated positively with fasting blood glucose (FBG). These results demonstrate correlation between potentially pathogenic T cells, HO-1, and adiponectin, additionally revealing a T helper (Th)1-related character of T2DM immunopathogenesis, suggesting potential for novel T cell-related management strategies for T2DM and related co-morbidities.

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AdiponectinCD3 ComplexCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedCorrelation of DataCytokinesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHeme Oxygenase-1HSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansMaleMiddle AgedAdiponectinADIPOQ protein, humanCD3 ComplexCytokinesHeme Oxygenase-1HMOX1 protein, humanHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsAdiponectinCytokinesDiabetesHeat shock proteinsHemeoxygenase-1Inflammatory cytokinesRegulatory T cellsT lymphocytes

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PMID29752628
PMCPMC6111097
OpenAlexW2802499980

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