title: Glutamic acid decarboxylase and other autoantigens in IDDM.
abstract: Autoantigens in insulin-dependent diabetes serve as diagnostic markers and as potential therapeutic immunomodulators. Recent studies have focused particularly on two well studied molecules, glutamic acid decarboxylase and insulin, as well as several new antigens that have been recently identified, recognized by antibody and/or cell-mediated immune responses in diabetic patients. Temporal aspects of antigen exposure, antigen processing of specific peptide antigens, and the interplay between specific antigens, MHC genetics, and host T-cell responses remain to be explored.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Nepom
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D043423:Carboxypeptidase H; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000276:immunology; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000276:immunology; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000235:genetics; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology*; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007330:Insulin Antibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; C087054:ICA1 protein, human; C490184:Ica1 protein, mouse; D007330:Insulin Antibodies; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D043423:Carboxypeptidase H; D018833:Chaperonins; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase