BCG Therapy for Type 1 Diabetes: Restoration of Balanced Immunity and Metabolism.


Journal

Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM
ISSN: 1879-3061
Titre abrégé: Trends Endocrinol Metab
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9001516

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 2019
Historique:
received: 09 09 2018
revised: 10 11 2018
accepted: 27 11 2018
pubmed: 3 1 2019
medline: 31 12 2019
entrez: 3 1 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is a microorganism developed as a vaccine for tuberculosis 100 years ago and used as therapy for bladder cancer 40 years ago. More recently, BCG has shown therapeutic promise for type 1 diabetes (T1D) and several other autoimmune diseases. In T1D, BCG restored blood sugars to near normal, even in patients with advanced disease of >20 years duration. This clinically important effect may be driven by resetting of the immune system and the shifting of glucose metabolism from overactive oxidative phosphorylation, a state of minimal sugar utilization, to aerobic glycolysis, a state of high glucose utilization, for energy production. The mechanistic findings support the Hygiene Hypothesis and reveal the immune and metabolic synergy of mycobacterial reintroduction in modern humans.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30600132
pii: S1043-2760(18)30212-1
doi: 10.1016/j.tem.2018.11.006
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

BCG Vaccine 0
Blood Glucose 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

80-92

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Willem M Kühtreiber (WM)

Department of Medicine, Immunobiology Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Denise L Faustman (DL)

Department of Medicine, Immunobiology Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: faustman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu.

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