title: Identification of cells responsible for the suppression of anti-beta-cell cytotoxicity in type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from newly diagnosed type I diabetic patients induced a significantly higher cytotoxic insulin leakage from isolated rat islets during a 20-h incubation. compared with PBMC from healthy controls (13.9 +/- 7.7 versus 2.6 +/- 3.2 ng insulin/islet/20 h). The addition of PBMC from healthy subjects in a ratio of 1:4 suppressed the cytotoxic effect (13.9 +/- 7.7 to 6.7 +/- 4.4 ng insulin/islet/20 h). Depletion of CD8+ T lymphocytes from the PBMC of healthy subjects abolished their suppressive capacity, while depletion of CD4+ T lymphocytes and pre-incubation with CD3 monoclonal antibodies had no effect.
authors.affiliation: City Hospital, Leipzig Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bierwolf
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lampeter
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Verlohren
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lohmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000276:immunology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell