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. 2023 Jun;60(6):767-776.
doi: 10.1007/s00592-023-02055-6. Epub 2023 Mar 6.

Heterogeneity of circulating CXCR5-PD-1hiTph cells in patients of type 2 and type 1 diabetes in Chinese population

Zhangyao Su  1 , Chenggong Ma  1 , Ruiling Zhao  1 , Yin Jiang  1 , Yun Cai  1 , Gu Yong  1 , Tao Yang  2 , Xinyu Xu  3
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Heterogeneity of circulating CXCR5-PD-1hiTph cells in patients of type 2 and type 1 diabetes in Chinese population

Zhangyao Su et al. Acta Diabetol. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Aims: Circulating peripheral helper T (Tph) cells are shown to promote the progression of autoimmune diseases. However, the role of Tph cells in inflammatory diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the differences between T2DM and autoimmune diabetes remain unclear.

Methods: We recruited 92 T2DM patients, 106 type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients and 84 healthy control individuals. Peripheral blood mononucleated cells were isolated and examined by multicolor flow cytometry. We further evaluated the correlations between circulating Tph cells and clinical biochemical parameters, islet function, disease progression and islet autoantibodies.

Results: Circulating Tph cells were significantly higher in both T2DM and T1DM patients than in healthy control individuals. A significant positive correlation was observed between Tph cells and B cells in T1DM patients and overweight T2DM patients. Furthermore, Tph cells were negatively correlated with the area under the C-peptide curve (C-PAUC), and Tph cells were significantly positively correlated with fasting glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels in T2DM patients. However, no correlation was found between Tph cells and the above clinical indicators in T1DM patients. The frequency of Tph cells positively correlated with the titer of GAD autoantibodies and duration of disease in T1DM patients. In addition, we demonstrated that the frequency of Tph cells was decreased after rituximab therapy in T1DM patients.

Conclusions: Circulating Tph cells are associated with blood glucose levels and islet function in T2DM patients. In T1DM patients, circulating Tph cells are associated with B cells and islet autoantibodies. This may suggest that Tph cells have different pathogenic mechanisms in the two types of diabetes.

Clinical trial information: http://ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01280682 (registered July, 2010).

Keywords: B cells; Peripheral helper T cells; T cells; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes.

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