scholarly journals Immunological Aspects of Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes in Chinese

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Ying Zheng ◽  
Yiting Tu ◽  
Zhijie Dai ◽  
Jian Lin ◽  
...  

Background.Fulminant type 1 diabetes (FT1D) is a novel subtype of type 1 diabetes characterized by extremely rapid onset and complete deficiency of insulin due to the destruction of pancreaticβcells. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the etiology of this disease remain unclear.Methods.A total of 22 patients with FT1D and 10 healthy subjects were recruited. Serum antibodies to GAD, IA2, and ZnT8 in patients were tested. And peripheral T cell responses to GAD65, insulin B9–23 peptide, or C peptide were determined in 10 FT1D patients and 10 healthy controls. The mRNA levels of several related cytokines and molecules, such as IFN-γ, IL-4, RORC, and IL-17 in PBMCs from FT1D patients were analyzed by qRT-PCR.Result.We found that a certain proportion of Chinese FT1D patients actually have developed islet-related autoantibodies after onset of the disease. The GAD, insulin, or C peptide-reactive T cells were found in some FT1D patients. We also detected a significant increase for IFN-γexpression in FT1D PBMCs as compared with that of healthy controls.Conclusion.Autoimmune responses might be involved in the pathogenesis of Chinese FT1D.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Ye ◽  
Tianshu Zeng ◽  
Wen Kong ◽  
Lu-lu Chen

Objective. Fulminant type 1 diabetes (FT1D) is a type of type 1 diabetes, which is characterized by rapid onset of disease and severe metabolic disorders. We intend to screen for crucial genes and potential molecular mechanisms in FT1D in this study. Method. We downloaded GSE44314, which includes six healthy controls and five patients with FT1D, from the GEO database. Identification of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) was performed by NetworkAnalyst. The Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses of DEGs were screened by an online tool—Database for Annotation, Visualization, and Integration Discovery (DAVID). Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and hub genes among DEGs were analyzed by NetworkAnalyst. And we also use NetworkAnalyst to find out the microRNAs (miRNAs) and transcription factors (TFs) which regulate the expression of DEGs. Result. We identified 130 DEGs (60 upregulated and 70 downregulated DEGs) between healthy controls and FT1D patients. GO analysis results revealed that DEGs were mostly enriched in generation of precursor metabolites and energy, neurohypophyseal hormone activity, and mitochondrial inner membrane. KEGG pathway analysis demonstrated that DEGs were mostly involved in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Results indicated that NCOA1, SRF, ERBB3, EST1, TOP1, UBE2S, INO80, COX7C, ITGAV, and COX6C were the top hub genes in the PPI network. Furthermore, we recognized that LDLR, POTEM, IFNAR2, BAZ2A, and SRF were the top hub genes in the miRNA-target gene network, and SRF, TSPAN4, CD59, ETS1, and SLC25A25 were the top hub genes in the TF-target gene network. Conclusion. Our study pinpoints key genes and pathways associated with FT1D by a sequence of bioinformatics analysis on DEGs. These identified genes and pathways provide more detailed molecular mechanisms of FT1D and may provide novel therapeutic targets.


2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Yuko Murase-Mishiba ◽  
A. Imagawa ◽  
Toshiaki Hanafusa

Patients with fulminant type 1 diabetes almost completely lack C-peptide even soon after the onset of the disease, and the deficiency continues for the rest of their life. Thus, fulminant type 1 diabetes could serve as a good model of nature to explore the physiological role of C-peptide. For example, patients with fulminant type 1 diabetes have diabetic chronic complications more frequently than those with classical autoimmune type 1 diabetes 5 years after the onset of diabetes, and the higher prevalence could be partly attributable to the complete lack of C-peptide in fulminant type 1 diabetes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. e229568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah ◽  
Radowan Elnair ◽  
Uzma Ikhtiar Khan ◽  
Muhammad Omar ◽  
Oscar L Morey-Vargas

Nivolumab is a programmed cell death receptor (PD-1) inhibitor that is increasingly used for various malignancies, both as a first line agent and as salvage therapy. Being a PD-1/PD-1 ligand checkpoint inhibitor, it is known to cause autoimmune inflammation of various organs and has been associated with thyroiditis, insulitis, colitis, hepatitis and encephalitis to name a few. There are increasing reports of nivolumab leading to acute onset fulminant type 1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). We present a case of a 68-year-old man who developed DKA after 2 doses of nivolumab for metastatic melanoma. He was found to have type 1 diabetes, but no diabetes related antibodies were positive. He recovered from diabetes and continues to use insulin 1 year after his diagnosis. This case and associated review illustrates the importance of educating and monitoring patients who start nivolumab therapy regarding this potentially life threatening complication.


Author(s):  
Kazuhisa Kusuki ◽  
Saya Suzuki ◽  
Yuzo Mizuno

Summary A 72-year-old man with no history of diabetes was referred to our department due to hyperglycemia during pembrolizumab treatment for non-small-cell lung carcinoma. His blood glucose level was 209 mg/dL, but he was not in a state of ketosis or ketoacidosis. Serum C-peptide levels persisted at first, but gradually decreased, and 18 days later, he was admitted to our hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). The patient was diagnosed with fulminant type 1 diabetes (FT1D) induced by pembrolizumab. According to the literature, the insulin secretion capacity of a patient with type 1 diabetes (T1D) induced by anti-programmed cell death-1 (anti-PD-1) antibody is depleted in approximately 2 to 3 weeks, which is longer than that of typical FT1D. Patients with hyperglycemia and C-peptide persistence should be considered for hospitalization or frequent outpatient visits with insulin treatment because these could indicate the onset of life-threatening FT1D induced by anti-PD-1 antibodies. Based on the clinical course of this patient and the literature, we suggest monitoring anti-PD-1 antibody-related T1D. Learning points: Immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as anti-PD-1 antibodies, are increasingly used as anticancer drugs. Anti-PD-1 antibodies can cause immune-related adverse events, including T1D. FT1D, a novel subtype of T1D, is characterized by the abrupt onset of hyperglycemia with ketoacidosis, a relatively low glycated hemoglobin level and depletion of C-peptide level at onset. In patients being treated with anti-PD-1 antibody, hyperglycemia with C-peptide level persistence should be monitored through regular blood tests. Because of C-peptide persistence and mild hyperglycemia, it is possible to miss a diagnosis of life-threatening FT1D induced by anti-PD-1 antibody. In particular, in patients who have no history of diabetes, hyperglycemia without DKA is likely to be the very beginning of anti-PD-1 antibody-induced T1D. Therefore, such patients must be considered for either hospitalization or frequent outpatient visits with insulin injections and self-monitoring of blood glucose.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 748-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaaki Miyauchi ◽  
Masao Toyoda ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Naoko Hamada ◽  
Takashi Yamawaki ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (19) ◽  
pp. 2825-2830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoko Yamamoto ◽  
Yuya Tsurutani ◽  
Sho Katsuragawa ◽  
Haremaru Kubo ◽  
Takashi Sunouchi ◽  
...  

Diabetes Care ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (8) ◽  
pp. 1936-1941 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tanaka ◽  
T. Endo ◽  
K. Aida ◽  
H. Shimura ◽  
N. Yokomori ◽  
...  

Diabetes Care ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. e40-e41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daigo Saito ◽  
Yoichi Oikawa ◽  
Yuya Yano ◽  
Yuichi Ikegami ◽  
Atsushi Satomura ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiro Okuda ◽  
Sadao Yamashita ◽  
Yoshio Ogino ◽  
Hisashi Kataoka ◽  
Jo Kitawaki

Fulminant type 1 diabetes is a new subtype of rapid-onset type 1 diabetes, with pancreatic exocrine dysfunction, that usually develops during the third trimester of pregnancy. We describe a patient with fulminant type 1 diabetes onset during her second trimester, resulting in premature delivery. The 34-year-old woman, without any known risk factors for diabetes mellitus, experienced a sudden stillbirth at 24-weeks gestation. Her blood glucose level was 950 mg/dL and she was positive for urine ketone bodies. The condition met all the diagnostic criteria for fulminant type 1 diabetes, and was diagnosed as such. Although this disease is rare, its progression is rapid, and its clinical course is severe and occasionally leads to death; therefore, a full knowledge of the disease is important to facilitate an accurate diagnosis.


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