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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-6
pubmed:abstractText
H-2(d) mice expressing both the influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) as a transgene-encoded protein on pancreatic islet beta cells (InsHA), as well as the Clone 4 TCR specific for the dominant H-2K(d)-restricted HA epitope, can be protected from the development of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes by expression of the H-2(b) haplotype. Protection occurs due to the deletion of K(d)HA-specific CD8+ T cells. This was unexpected as neither the presence of the InsHA transgene nor H-2(b), individually, resulted in thymic deletion. Further analyses revealed that thymic deletion required both a hybrid MHC class II molecule, Ebeta(b) Ealpha(d), and the K(d) molecule presenting the HA epitope, which together synergize to effect deletion of CD4+CD8+ thymocytes. This surprising example of protection from autoimmunity that maps to a class II MHC molecule, yet effects an alteration in the CD8+ T cell repertoire, suggests that selective events in the thymus represent the integrated strength of signal delivered to each cell through recognition of a variety of different MHC-peptide ligands.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1000-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Clonal Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-H-2 Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:14707073-Thymus Gland
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
In a transgenic model of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes, expression of a protective class II MHC molecule results in thymic deletion of diabetogenic CD8+ T cells.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Bristol, School of Medical Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't