2008
Concurrent detection of secreted products from human lymphocytes by microengraving: Cytokines and antigen-reactive antibodies
Bradshaw EM, Kent SC, Tripuraneni V, Orban T, Ploegh HL, Hafler DA, Love JC. Concurrent detection of secreted products from human lymphocytes by microengraving: Cytokines and antigen-reactive antibodies. Clinical Immunology 2008, 129: 10-18. PMID: 18675591, PMCID: PMC2577144, DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2008.06.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsType 1 diabetic subjectsAntigen-reactive antibodiesBlood mononuclear cellsAntigen-specific antibodiesAnti-insulin antibodiesCell surface determinantsDiabetic subjectsIL-6Mononuclear cellsPositive titersIgG isotypeB cellsHuman lymphocytesSurface determinantsCytokinesAntibodiesClinical samplesHematopoietic cellsRare populationCellsMarkersHuman cellsLymphocytes
2005
Expanded T cells from pancreatic lymph nodes of type 1 diabetic subjects recognize an insulin epitope
Kent SC, Chen Y, Bregoli L, Clemmings SM, Kenyon NS, Ricordi C, Hering BJ, Hafler DA. Expanded T cells from pancreatic lymph nodes of type 1 diabetic subjects recognize an insulin epitope. Nature 2005, 435: 224-228. PMID: 15889096, DOI: 10.1038/nature03625.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhite blood cellsAutoimmune diabetesLymph nodesType 1 diabetic subjectsPancreatic lymph nodesAntigen-specific therapyExpanded T cellsIslet cell transplantationType 1 diabetesPossible clinical relevanceStandard animal modelPrimary autoantigenNOD miceDiabetic subjectsImmune therapyMultiple sclerosisChildhood diabetesInsulin-producing cellsSpecific therapyImmune cellsT cellsT lymphocytesInsulin epitopesAnimal modelsClinical relevance