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DIABETES
卷 63, 期 11, 页码 3880-3890出版社
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db14-0549
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- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
- National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [R01-AI0-92453-03]
- Wenner-Gren Foundations
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from a complex interplay between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors that have been implicated in the pathogenesis of disease both as triggers and potentiators of beta-cell destruction. CD8 T cells are the main cell type found in human islets, and they have been shown in vitro to be capable of killing beta-cells overexpressing MHC class I. In this study, we report that CD8 T cells infiltrate the exocrine pancreas of diabetic subjects in high numbers and not only endocrine areas. T1D subjects present significantly higher CD8 T cell density in the exocrine tissue without the presence of prominent insulitis. Even T1D donors without remaining insulin-containing islets and long disease duration show elevated levels of CD8 T cells in the exocrine compartment. In addition, higher numbers of CD4(+) and CD11c(+) cells were found in the exocrine tissue. Preliminary data in type 2 diabetic (T2D) subjects indicate that overall, there might be a spontaneous inflammatory infiltration of the exocrine tissue, common to both T1D and T2D subjects. Our study provides the first information on the precise tissue distribution of CD8 T cells in pancreata from Ti D, T2D, autoantibody-positive, and healthy control subjects.
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