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What causes T2D in general?

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chronic inflammation in both adipose tissue and pancreas both genetic and lifestyle factors contribute to it

associated with obesity

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In a normal person, what immunological things does insulin do?

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promotes release of IL1Ra (anti-inflammatory)

inhibits IL-1beta (inflammatory)

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How does obesity contribute to T2DM?

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characterized by chronic activation of inflammatory pathways –> inflammation causally linked to insulin resistance

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What inflammatory mediators are present in chronic obesity?

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M1 macrophages

Th1 cells

CTLs

Neutrophils

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What immune mediators that are anti-inflammatory are predominant in lean people?

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M2 macrophages

Treg cells

Th2 cells

eosinophils

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What Free fatty acids predominate in T2D pts?

Normal, lean ppl?

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long and medium-chain FAs = bad

short-chain FAs = good

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How are M1 macrophages activated in T2D ppl?

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LPS IFN-gamma –> M1 –> TNFalpha, IL-1beta, IL-6, resistin, NO, etc –> insulin resistant

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How are M2 macrophages acitvated and what do they do to lean ppl?

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IL-4, IL-3 –> M2 –> IL-10 –> promotes insulin sensitivity via short chain FFAs, IL-13 and IL-4

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What type of fat is bad in obese people and what does it do?

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visceral fat

induces inflammatory cascades –> leukocyte-endothelial interaction –> coupled angiogenesis and adipogenesis and adipocyte dell death

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What is MCP-1?

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factor that helps recruit and activate macrophages

seen in obesity

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What things contribute to beta cell death in T2D?

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high serum IL-1beta

low serum IL-1Ra

glucotoxicity

lipotoxicity

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What is the significance of palmitic acid?

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long-chain FFA released by obese adipose tissue –> TLR4/MyD88 –> chemokines –> m1 macrophages recruited and inflammation ensues –> beta cell dysfunction

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What are the genetics of T2D?

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multifactorial disease related to 52 common risk variants

40% of dev if 1 parent has T2D

70% of developing if 2 parents have it

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How is pollution related to T2D?

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chronic exposure to organic land pollutants –> disturbs glucose metabolism and induces insulin resistance

chronic exposure to traffic-related pollutants (particulate matter and NO2) –> assoc w/ higher rates of T2D

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What is the link btw gut microflora and insulin resistance?

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increase in the firmicutes/bacteroidetes ratio linked to insulin resistance

recent studies w/ fecal transplants show butryate-producing intestial bacteria protect against T2D

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What is the immune cause of T1D?

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autoauntibodies that attack beta islet cells

cytotoxic T cells also attack insulin

Type IV hypersensitivity

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When was insulin first used to treat a Type 1 diabetic?

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Jan 11, 1922

nobel prize to Frederick Grant Banting and John James Richard Macleod

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What is insulitis?

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infiltration of islets by mononuclear cells and CD8 T cells

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What are some phys contributions from the bone marrow and thymus toward T1D?

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defective thymic selection

potential for self-Ags presented in incorrect register of MHC binding

Aire and VNTR expression in thymus

defects in lymphocyte precursors

genetic susceptibility

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What are some phys contributions of beta cells toward T1D? (7)

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expression of class 1 MHC

production of cytokines and chemokines

free-radical sensitivity

ptential to present high quantities of self-Ag via MHC II

susceptibility to viral tropism and inability to resolve inflammation

limited replication potential

rate of immune destruction influenced by metabolic activity

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What is the concordance rate for T1D in monozygotic twins?

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30-50% = suggests non-genetic influences

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What are some key environmental factors being studied in T1D?

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incidence is increasing abt 3% each year

evidence linking the environment ant T1D in himans is indirect

350 fold variation in indicence of T1D in different countries

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What are the most significant pre and post-natal triggers for T1D?

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pre: maternal enteroviral infection, older maternal age
post: enteroviral infection, infant weight gain, serious life events

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What are the main promoters of progression of T1D?

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overweight or increased height velocity

puberty

insulin resistance

psychological stress

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What are the main pre and post-natal protective factors against T1D?
high vitamin D intake in pregnancy breastfeeding until 4 mos higher omega-3 fatty acids \*no known factors slowing progression
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What is the role of infections in T1D development?
bacteria may act as adjuvants for the immune response virues have been implicated in T1D --\> may act against beta cells thru cytotoxicity or triggering autoimmunity via molecular mimicry
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What are the viruses linked to T1D?
enteroviruses mumps rubella cytomegalovirus retroviruses
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What is the link btw milk and T1D?
early exposure to cow milk in life may contribute to T1D cow's milk has less insulin --\> immune tolerance to insulin might get compromised \*inconsistency in results
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How is gluten linked to T1D?
risk of T1D is higher in pt's w/ gluten-sensitive enteropathy high prevalence of celiac disease in diabetics butyrate-producing microflora scarce in T1D pts
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What genes determine T1D susceptibility?
multifactorial autoimmune disease T1D pts and their relatives are at increased risk for other autoimmune diseases may be no specific diabetes gene, but only wrong combos of normal polymorphisms
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What are the most significant genes associated with T1D?
insulin gene = Ag for autoimmune response AIRE = regulator of insulin gene expression in the thymus HLA region = presentation of insulin Ags for CD8 t cells CTLA-4 gene = regulation of autoimmune response
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How is central tolerance established?
when double positive CD4/CD8 T cell binds self peptides presented by thymic epithelial cells --\> apoptosis signal
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What is AIRE?
autoimmune regulator transcription factor controls thymic expression and presentation of self-molecules (insulin) to do central tolerance malfunctioning --\> lower levels of insulin mRNA in thymus bad tolerization to islet cell molecules--\> autoreactive T cells
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How is the insulin gene (IDDM2) related to T1D?
variable number of tandem repeats in promoter region = class I, II, and III polymorphisms class I = lowest number of repeats --\> assoc w/ lower insulin mRNA synthesis --\> low Ag presentation in thymus --\> failure of deleting self-reactive CD8 T cells
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What are the high risk HLA alleles for T1D?
DQ2/DQ8 and DR3/DR4 = high risk DQ2/DQ8 in 90% of ppl with T1D DR3/DR4 = most common in kids diagnosed before age 5 (50%)
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What are the HLA class II negative and protective factors to know?
HLA class II molecules that lack Asp57 of beta chain often found in T1D individuals DR2/DQ6 = dominant protection
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What is the link btw CTLA-4 and T1D?
CTLA4 = susceptibility locus assoc w/ T1D encodes glycoprotein that is an inhibitory CD28 homologue and binds B7 protein may counter-regulate CD28-dependent TCR activation of T cells --\> activates apoptosis of self-reactive ones
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What does CTLA4 do on Teff or Treg cells?
binds to B7 or APCs or removes them --\> reduced B7 costimulation --\> inhibition of T cell activation \*this is good if self-reactive
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How does beta cell death occur?
DCs are always present in islets and can take up beta cell Ag --\> proinflammatory cytokines my activate this self presentation to T cells can be due to viral infection or stress T cells then are activated in LNs that drain pancreas --\> proliferate to cause organ-spec inflammation
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How do T helper cells contribute to T1D?
Th17 and Th1 --\> proinflammatory cytokines
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What type of local APCs are important in T1D pathogenesis?
local APCs that can present self Ag on class II MHc secrete IL-12
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How is IFN-gamma important in t1D?
released by Self-reactive CD4 T cells **inhibits Th2 cytokine** production (IL-4, IL-5, IL-10) **enhances IL-1beta** and **TNF-alpha** and **free radical** production
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What is interesting about T1D and asthma?
T1D = Th1 dominant disease Asthma = Th2 dominant you would think you would have one or the other, but high prevalence of asthma in T1 diabetics bc failure of FOXP3 tregs to work
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How do Tregs stop autoimmunity?
suppress APCs directly through cell-cell interactions release IL-10 and TGF-beta might act directly on Teffs consume IL-2 --\> deprives other T cells of it
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How might gut bacteria be linked to autoimmunity?
diet, infections, antibiotics --\> might alter bacteriodetes/firmicutes ration --\> modifies balance of Treg: Th1/th17 ratio
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What is the controversy of the role of Auto-Abs?
might just affect the time course of development plasmapheresis doesn't help if you transfer blood serum from T1D animal to an unaffected animal --\> no result in t1d but if you transplant T cells from T1D animal --\> induces T1D in another
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What is the diagnostic value of autoantibodies in T1D pts?
one Ab = 5-10% 5 year risk 2 Abs = 40% 5 year risk 3 Abs = 60% 5 year risk
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What is CD25?
IL-2 receptor
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Where does central B cell tolerance occur?
in the bone marrow can do receptor editing, apoptosis, or anergy
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What is the regulatory receptor on B cells?
Fc receptor that recognizes IgG or IgM
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How does obesity affect glucose uptake?
makes it much less efficient not using muscles is a major component
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How does obesity itself initiate inflammation?
adipocytes become engorged with lipids --\> pinch off the blood supply --\> can cause small areas of necrosis --\> inflammation
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What does TNF do?
increases vascular permeability associated w/ M1 macrophages
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How is IL-6 related to T2D?
initiates inflammatory response role in T2D and insulin resistance is well documented get inflammation/CRP in liver stimulates GLP-1 and lipolysis
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Where does palmitate bind?
TLR4 on adipocytes (TLR4 present on macrophages and adipocytes)
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What cytokines do Th2, Tregs, and M2 macrophages promote and are seen in lean people?
IL-4 IL-10 IL-13
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What type of hypersensitivity is T1D?
type IV T-cell mediated
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If both parents have t1D, what is a child's risk of getting it?
30%
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What are autoantibodies in T1D to?
islet cell antigens (ICAs): GAD65 IA-2 IAA (insulin autoantibodies)
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What cytokine is associated w/ activation of auto-Ag specific CD8 T cells?
IL-2

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