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Age-dependent loss of tolerance to an immunodominant epitope of glutamic acid decarboxylase in diabetic-prone RIP-B7/DR4 mice.

Gebe, John A ; Unrath, Kellee A ; Falk, Ben A ; Kouichi, Ito ; Wen, Li ; Daniels, Terri L ; Lernmark, Åke LU orcid and Nepom, Gerald T (2006) In Clinical Immunology 121(3). p.294-304
Abstract
We have identified for the first time an age-dependent spontaneous loss of tolerance to two self-antigenic epitopes derived from putative diabetes-associated antigens glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in RIP-B7/DRB1*0404 HLA transgenic mice. Diabetic and older non-diabetic mice exhibited a proliferative response to an immunodominant epitope from GAD65 (555-567) and also from GFAP (240-252) but not from an immunogenic epitope from diabetes-associated islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit-related protein. The response to both of these self-antigens is not observed in young mice but is observed in older non-diabetic mice and is accompanied by histological evidence of insulitis in... (More)
We have identified for the first time an age-dependent spontaneous loss of tolerance to two self-antigenic epitopes derived from putative diabetes-associated antigens glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in RIP-B7/DRB1*0404 HLA transgenic mice. Diabetic and older non-diabetic mice exhibited a proliferative response to an immunodominant epitope from GAD65 (555-567) and also from GFAP (240-252) but not from an immunogenic epitope from diabetes-associated islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit-related protein. The response to both of these self-antigens is not observed in young mice but is observed in older non-diabetic mice and is accompanied by histological evidence of insulitis in the absence of overt diabetes. Islet infiltrates in older non-diabetic mice and diabetic mice contain CD4(+)/FoxP3(+) cells and suggest the presence of a regulatory mechanism prior and during diabetic disease. Diabetes penetrance in RIP-B7/DR0404 mice (Less)
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Diabetes, Tolerance, MHC, T cells, Transgenic
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Clinical Immunology
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121
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3
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294 - 304
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Elsevier
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1521-6616
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10.1016/j.clim.2006.08.002
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English
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  abstract     = {{We have identified for the first time an age-dependent spontaneous loss of tolerance to two self-antigenic epitopes derived from putative diabetes-associated antigens glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in RIP-B7/DRB1*0404 HLA transgenic mice. Diabetic and older non-diabetic mice exhibited a proliferative response to an immunodominant epitope from GAD65 (555-567) and also from GFAP (240-252) but not from an immunogenic epitope from diabetes-associated islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit-related protein. The response to both of these self-antigens is not observed in young mice but is observed in older non-diabetic mice and is accompanied by histological evidence of insulitis in the absence of overt diabetes. Islet infiltrates in older non-diabetic mice and diabetic mice contain CD4(+)/FoxP3(+) cells and suggest the presence of a regulatory mechanism prior and during diabetic disease. Diabetes penetrance in RIP-B7/DR0404 mice}},
  author       = {{Gebe, John A and Unrath, Kellee A and Falk, Ben A and Kouichi, Ito and Wen, Li and Daniels, Terri L and Lernmark, Åke and Nepom, Gerald T}},
  issn         = {{1521-6616}},
  keywords     = {{Diabetes; Tolerance; MHC; T cells; Transgenic}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{294--304}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Clinical Immunology}},
  title        = {{Age-dependent loss of tolerance to an immunodominant epitope of glutamic acid decarboxylase in diabetic-prone RIP-B7/DR4 mice.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2006.08.002}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.clim.2006.08.002}},
  volume       = {{121}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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