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ArticleNature communications2025

Imbalance of stem-like and effector T cell states in children with early type 1 diabetes across conventional and regulatory subsets.

Veronika Niederlova, Ales Neuwirth, Vit Neuman, Juraj Michalik, Bela Charvatova, Martin Modrak, Zdenek Sumnik, Ondrej Stepanek

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Local and circulating cytotoxic CD4medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026
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8 authors.

Veronika NiederlovaLaboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8768-9039
Ales NeuwirthLaboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4668-4316
Vit NeumanDepartment of Pediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University & Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czechia.
Juraj MichalikLaboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8479-0991
Bela CharvatovaLaboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia.
Martin ModrakDepartment of Bioinformatics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8886-7797
Zdenek SumnikDepartment of Pediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University & Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czechia.
Ondrej StepanekLaboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia. ondrej.stepanek@img.cas.cz.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2735-3311

Funding

The Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type 2 DiabetesU01DK123594 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Robert Babak Faryabi, KLAUS H KAESTNER · 2019 to 2026
$25.0M
Penn integrated Human Pancreas procurement and Analysis ProgramUC4DK112217 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BETTS, MICHAEL R, FELDMAN, MICHAEL D · 2016 to 2020
$17.8M
Supplement to Integrated Program for Human Pancreas Procurement and AnalysisUC4DK112232 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ATKINSON, MARK A., POWERS, ALVIN C · 2016 to 2020
$8.4M
Human Pancreas Analysis Program-T2DU01DK123716 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ATKINSON, MARK A., BOTTINO, RITA · 2019 to 2024
$6.6M
EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 802878Grantová Agentura České Republiky (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic) 22-21356SGrantová Agentura, Univerzita Karlova (Charles University Grant Agency) 404222NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK123594NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK123716NIDDK NIH HHS UC4 DK112217NIDDK NIH HHS UC4 DK112232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease caused by the loss of self-tolerance toward insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. Its etiology remains incompletely understood but involves dysregulated T cell responses. Here, we perform single-cell transcriptomic analysis of peripheral blood T cells from children newly diagnosed with T1D, the same children after one year, and healthy donors. We observe that children with diabetes show diminished effector and cytotoxic programs and enhanced stemness-associated gene signature across diverse T cell subsets, especially at diagnosis. In parallel, we detect signs of impaired regulatory capacity in regulatory T cells and regulatory TR3-56 cells. These findings are supported by flow cytometry analysis of the same cohort and reanalysis of publicly available datasets. Overall, our results suggest that T1D is associated with impaired T cell effector differentiation and regulatory T cell dysfunction, both of which may contribute to immune imbalance and loss of self-tolerance.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1T-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsAdolescentCell DifferentiationChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleSelf ToleranceSingle-Cell AnalysisTranscriptome

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PMID41381478
PMCPMC12722300

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