Alcohol facilitates CD1d loading, subsequent activation of NKT cells, and reduces the incidence of diabetes in NOD mice.

K. Buschard, A.K. Hansen, K. Jensen, D.J. Lindenbergh-Kortleve, L.F. de Ruiter, T. Krohn, M.R. Hufeldt, F.K. Vogensen, B. Aasted, T. Osterbye, B.O. Roep, C. de Haar, E.E.S. Nieuwenhuis

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Ethanol ('alcohol') is a partly hydrophobic detergent that may affect the accessibility of glycolipids thereby influencing immunological effects of these molecules. METHODS: The study included cellular in vitro tests using α-galactosylceramide (αGalCer), and in vivo NOD mice experiments detecting diabetes incidence and performing behavioural and bacterial analyses. RESULTS: Alcohol in concentrations from 0.6% to 2.5% increased IL-2 production from NKT cells stimulated with αGalCer by 60% (p
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere17931
JournalPLoS ONE [E]
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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