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Uncoupling of Proliferation and Cytokines From Suppression Within the CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T-Cell Compartment in the 1st Year of Human Type 1 Diabetes.
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PMID:  21715555     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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OBJECTIVE The mechanistic basis for the breakdown of T-cell tolerance in type 1 diabetes is unclear and could result from a gain of effector function and/or loss of regulatory function. In humans, the CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T-cell compartment contains both effector and regulatory T cells, and it is not known how their relative proportions vary in disease states. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We performed a longitudinal study of CD4+CD25+ T-cell function in children with type 1 diabetes at onset and throughout the 1st year of disease. Function was assessed using single-cell assays of proliferation, cytokine production, and suppression. Type 1 diabetic individuals were compared with age-matched control subjects, and suppression was directly assessed by coculture with control T-cell targets. RESULTS We identify novel functional changes within the type 1 diabetes CD4+CD25+ compartment. Type 1 diabetic CD4+CD25+ cells exhibited a striking increase in proliferative capacity in coculture with CD4 T cells that was present at onset and stable 9-12 months from diagnosis. Elevated type 1 diabetes CD4+CD25+ cell proliferation correlated with increased inflammatory cytokines interleukin 17 and tumor necrosis factor-α but not γ-interferon. Type 1 diabetes CD4+CD25+ cytokine production occurred coincident with suppression of the same cytokines in the control targets. Indeed, enhanced proliferation/cytokines by CD4+CD25+ cells was uncoupled from their suppressive ability. Longitudinally, we observed a transient defect in type 1 diabetes CD4+CD25+ suppression that unexpectedly correlated with measures of improved metabolic function. CONCLUSIONS Type 1 diabetes onset, and its subsequent remission period, is associated with two independent functional changes within the CD4+CD25+ T-cell compartment: a stable increase in effector function and a transient decrease in regulatory T-cell suppression.
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Angela Hughson; Irina Bromberg; Barbara Johnson; Sally Quataert; Nicholas Jospe; Deborah J Fowell
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-6-29
Journal Detail:
Title:  Diabetes     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1939-327X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jun 
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Created Date:  2011-6-30     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0372763     Medline TA:  Diabetes     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
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