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SUBMITTER: Li S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4005752 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Shamin S Joseph Claudine C Becourt Chantal C Klibi Jihene J Luce Sandrine S Dubois-Laforgue Daniele D Larger Etienne E Boitard Christian C Benlagha Kamel K
PloS one 20140430 4
We explored in this study the status and potential role of IL-17-producing iNKT cells (iNKT17) in type 1 diabetes (T1D) by analyzing these cells in patients with T1D, and in NOD mice, a mouse model for T1D. Our analysis in mice showed an increase of iNKT17 cells in NOD vs control C57BL/6 mice, partly due to a better survival of these cells in the periphery. We also found a higher frequency of these cells in autoimmune-targeted organs with the occurrence of diabetes, suggesting their implication ...[more]