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Observational studyHuman immunology2021

Hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia: Reduced HLA-DR expression in monocyte subpopulations from diabetes patients.

Blanca I Restrepo, Marcel Twahirwa, Chinnaswamy Jagannath

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Observational study in Human immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Dysmetabolism of Peripheral Blood Monocytes in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Blanca I RestrepoUniversity of Texas Health Houston, School of Public Health, Brownsville, TX, USA; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, School of Medicine, South Texas Diabetes and Obesity Institute, Edinburg, TX, USA. Electronic address: Blanca.i.restrepo@uth.tmc.edu.
Marcel TwahirwaDiabetes and Endocrinology Institute, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX, USA.
Chinnaswamy JagannathDept. of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
Doctors Hospital at Renaissance · USHouston Methodist · USThe University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · US

Funding

Role of metabolic Me-macrophages in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis during diabetesR21AI144541 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI JAGANNATH, CHINNASWAMY, RESTREPO, BLANCA I · 2020 to 2021
$443k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune dysfunction contributes to the higher risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases among diabetics. HLA-DR expression is a robust marker of immune competence in mononuclear cells, including antigen presentation to CD4 lymphocytes. Given the high prevalence of obesity among diabetics, we evaluated the independent association between hyperglycemia and dyslipidemias with respect to HLA-DR expression in blood monocytes from type 2 diabetes patients. The monocytes from individuals with (n = 16) or without diabetes (n = 25) were phenotyped by flow cytometry to assess the differential expression of HLA-DR on their three subpopulations (classical, intermediate and non-classical monocytes). Diabetes was independently associated with lower HLA-DR expression across all monocyte subpopulations (p < 0.05). Blood triglycerides were associated with further HLA-DR depression (interaction p < 0.002). Cholesterols counterbalanced the reductive effect, with CD36, a receptor for oxidized cholesterol, correlating with HLA-DR (rho = 0.373; p = 0.016). Future studies are warranted to elucidate the complex interactions between hyperglycemia and dyslipidemias on antigen presentation in diabetic monocytes.

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AdultBlood GlucoseCase-Control StudiesCholesterolDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2DyslipidemiasFemaleHispanic or LatinoHLA-DR AntigensHumansHyperglycemiaMaleMiddle AgedMonocytesTriglyceridesBlood GlucoseCholesterolHLA-DR AntigensTriglyceridesCholesterolDiabetesHLA-DRMonocytesTriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID33303215
PMCPMC9381160
OpenAlexW3111503649

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