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Guidelines for standardizing T-cell cytometry assays to link biomarkers, mechanisms, and disease outcomes in type 1 diabetes

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Yang, Jennie H. M., Ward‐Hartstonge, Kirsten A., Perry, Daniel J., Blanchfield, J. Lori, Posgai, Amanda L., Wiedeman, Alice E., Diggins, Kirsten, Rahman, Adeeb +9 more·2022·European Journal of Immunology

Abstract

Cytometric immunophenotyping is a powerful tool to discover and implement T‐cell biomarkers of type 1 diabetes (T1D) progression and response to clinical therapy. Although many discovery‐based T‐cell biomarkers have been described, to date, no such markers have been widely adopted in standard practice. The heterogeneous nature of T1D and lack of standardized assays and experimental design across studies is a major barrier to the broader adoption of T‐cell immunophenotyping assays. There is an unmet need to harmonize the design of immunophenotyping assays, including those that measure antigen‐agnostic cell populations, such that data collected from different clinical trial sites and T1D cohorts are comparable, yet account for cohort‐specific features and different drug mechanisms of action. In these Guidelines, we aim to provide expert advice on how to unify aspects of study design and practice. We provide recommendations for defining cohorts, method implementation, as well as tools for data analysis and reporting by highlighting and building on selected successes. Harmonization of cytometry‐based T‐cell assays will allow researchers to better integrate findings across trials, ultimately enabling the identification and validation of biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response in T1D.

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Yang, J. H. M., Ward‐Hartstonge, K. A., Perry, D. J., Blanchfield, J. L., Posgai, A. L., Wiedeman, A. E., Diggins, K., Rahman, A., Tree, T. I. M., Brusko, T. M., Levings, M. K., James, E. A., Kent, S. C., Speake, C., Homann, D., Long, S. A., & The Immunology of Diabetes Society T‐Cell Cytometry Group
Affiliations
  • National Health Service (GB)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • University of Florida Health (US)
  • Center for Translational Research Benaroya Research Institute Seattle Washington USA
  • Benaroya Research Institute (US)
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
  • University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
Corresponding author
Long, S. Alice
Venue
European Journal of Immunology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-01-28
Volume
52
Issue
3
Pages
372-388
ISSN
  • 0014-2980 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-4141
OpenAlex
W4205423449
Cited by
16
References
104
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 1
FWCI
2.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Journal of Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (3‐SRA‐2018‐629‐S‐B)
  • Diabetes UK (15/0005232, 15/0005233)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
type 1 diabetes, T cell phenotyping, assay harmonization, disease progression, treatment response, study design recommendations
MeSH terms
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Flow Cytometry, Humans, T-Lymphocytes, Biomarkers, Immunophenotyping

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