Destruction of pancreatic beta cells in type 1 diabetes (T1D) is orchestrated by autoantigen-specific T cells. In my thesis, I introduced multi-parametric in vitro tools to extensively describe phenotypes of (auto)antigen-specific CD4
+ T cells. Using these tools, I demonstrated that maternal type 1 diabetes gestation is associated with an increased removal and regulation of (pro)insulin-specific autoreactive CD4
+ T cells in neonates, and suggest that this more robust tolerance is a protective mechanism against type 1 diabetes offered by maternal type 1 diabetes to offspring.
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Destruction of pancreatic beta cells in type 1 diabetes (T1D) is orchestrated by autoantigen-specific T cells. In my thesis, I introduced multi-parametric in vitro tools to extensively describe phenotypes of (auto)antigen-specific CD4
+ T cells. Using these tools, I demonstrated that maternal type 1 diabetes gestation is associated with an increased removal and regulation of (pro)insulin-specific autoreactive CD4
+ T cells in neonates, and suggest that this more robust tolerance is a protective me...
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