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ReviewBiomolecules2025

Dia-B-Ties: B Cells in the Islet-Immune-Cell Interface in T1D.

Brandon K Hilliard, Jessica E Prendergast, Mia J Smith

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Brandon K HilliardBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5030-4828
Jessica E PrendergastBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5626-4297
Mia J SmithBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007405 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Laurel L Lenz, Raul Martin Torres · 1991 to 2026
$10.5M
Genetic contribution to loss of B cell anergy during development of type 1 diabetesK01OD028759 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SMITH, MIA · 2020 to 2024
$567k
Role of Ptpn2 in B cells during development of autoimmunityR03OD036470 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SMITH, MIA · 2024 to 2025
$234k
Leona M. And Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Project # 2305-06031NIAID NIH HHS L40 AI154487NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007405NIH HHS K01 OD028759NIH HHS K01OD028759NIH HHS R03 OD036470NIH HHS T32-AI007405
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that affects an estimated 30 million people worldwide and results in a lifelong dependency of exogenous insulin treatments. While T1D is characterized by T-cell driven-destruction of the insulin-secreting β cells, B lymphocytes play a key role in the islet-immune interface. B cells are an essential intermediary between islet cells and other immune-cell populations. Through antigen presentation, cytokine secretion, and antibody production, B cells play a role in activating autoreactive islet-specific T cells, thus potentiating pancreatic inflammation in the early stages of T1D. Despite this, their role in disease development remains an understudied feature of T1D with significant therapeutic potential. Herein, we will discuss the current knowledge of the islet-immune-cell interface within T1D through the lens of B lymphocytes. We will also consider knowledge gaps that may be limiting further therapeutic opportunities.

Indexed as

B-LymphocytesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Islets of LangerhansAnimalsHumansInsulin-Secreting CellsT-Lymphocytesantigen-presenting cellsautoantibodiesB cellsB lymphocytesinsulitistype 1 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID40149868
PMCPMC11940010

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