Friday, March 16, 2012

Interleukin-35 by Bettini at St. Judes




Title: Prevention of Autoimmune Diabetes by Ectopic Pancreatic β-Cell Expression of Interleukin-35

Quotes from Abstract:
Interleukin (IL)-35 is a newly identified inhibitory cytokine used by T regulatory cells to control T cell–driven immune responses. ...

Nonobese diabetic RIP-IL35 transgenic mice exhibited decreased islet infiltration with substantial reductions in the number of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and frequency of glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit–related protein-specific CD8+ T cells. ...
[This] led to substantial, long-term protection against autoimmune diabetes ... 
These data present a proof of principle that IL-35 could be used as a potent inhibitor of autoimmune diabetes and implicate its potential therapeutic utility in the treatment of type 1 diabetes.

Abstract: http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2012/03/13/db11-0784.short

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