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Advances in type I diabetes associated tolerance mechanisms Chentoufi AA; Binder NR; Berka N; Abunadi T; Polychronakos CScand J Immunol 2008[Jul]; 68 (1): 1-11Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease resulting from the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells by autoreactive T cells. The polygenic trait for T1D risk implicates many genes that have an impact on fundamental immunological processes such as central and peripheral tolerance. Several pieces of evidence have suggested that many of the genetic loci that are directly linked to type 1 diabetes susceptibility modulate the generation and/or the activation of autoreactive T-lymphocytes. We and others have proposed a critical role for medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTEC) forming the Hassall's corpuscles in T-cell tolerance. Indeed, mTEC have been found to express promiscuous self-antigens, used directly or through thymic dendritic cells to drive either negative selection of insulin-reacting precursors or their differentiation into naturally occurring regulatory Foxp3+ CD4+ CD25+ T cells. In the periphery, naturally occurring Foxp3+ CD4+ CD25+regulatory T (Treg) cells represent the master cells in dominant peripheral T-cell tolerance. The development and function of Treg cells are ultimately linked to IL-2 and Foxp3 expression. This review addresses recent literature and emerging concepts of central and peripheral T-cell tolerance with regards to T1D.|Animals[MESH]|Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/*immunology[MESH]|Epithelial Cells/immunology/metabolism[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Immune Tolerance/*immunology[MESH]|T-Lymphocytes/*immunology[MESH]|Thymus Gland/cytology/immunology[MESH] |
