CCR4-bearing T cells participate in autoimmune diabetes

Soon H. Kim, Mary M. Cleary, Howard S. Fox, David Chantry, Nora Sarvetnick

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Abstract

Chemokine receptor expression is exquisitely regulated on T cell subsets during the course of their migration to inflammatory sites. In the present study we demonstrate that CCR4 expression marks a pathogenic population of autoimmune T cells. CCR4 was found exclusively on memory CD4+ T cells during the progression of disease in NOD mice. Cells expressing the CCR4 ligand TARC (thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine) were detected within infiltrated islets from prediabetic mice. Interestingly, neutralization of macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC) with Ab caused a significant reduction of CCR4-positive T cells within the pancreatic infiltrates and inhibited the development of insulitis and diabetes. Furthermore, enhanced recruitment of CCR4-bearing cells in NOD mice resulting from transgenic expression of MDC resulted in acceleration of clinical disease. Cumulatively, the results demonstrate that CCR4-bearing T cells participate in the development of such tissue-driven autoimmune reactions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1675-1686
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Clinical Investigation
Volume110
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2002
Externally publishedYes

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  • Medicine(all)

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