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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
A transfer model for studying both the development and prevention of diabetes in rats is described in detail. Diabetes was induced in BBDR rats by combining RT6-depletion with PolyI:C treatment. Autoreactive cells were isolated from acutely diabetic donors, reactivated in vitro and transferred intravenously into young (<34-day-old) BBDP rats. Accelerated diabetes occurred 13+/-3 days or 18+/-4 days after transfer of reactivated splenocytes or purified T cells (42/43 or 26/27 recipients, respectively). Freshly isolated mesenteric and splenic leukocytes from adult, healthy BBDR rats prevented spontaneous diabetes in BBDP rats, but were not able to prevent the accelerated diabetes when co-transferred with the autoreactive cells. By contrast, diabetes was significantly delayed (P<0.001) when protective cells were transferred 4 days prior to the autoreactive cells (16+/-3 days). In vivo tracking studies of the two types of transferred cells suggest different homing patterns which may explain this finding. The data suggest that leukocytes from BBDR contain cells with the ability to regulate reactivated autoreactive T cells in an autoimmune environment. This in vivo model of recurrent diabetes can therefore be used to define which type of cells are most effective in suppressing established autoimmune destruction of beta-cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0896-8411
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
325-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
A co-transfer system in young prediabetic BB rats: reactivated autoreactive T cells can be partly controlled.
pubmed:affiliation
Hagedorn Research Institute, Niels Steensens Vej 6, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't