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Organ donor specimens: What can they tell us about type 1 diabetes?: Pancreas histopathology in type 1 diabetes

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Campbell-Thompson, Martha·2015·Pediatric Diabetes

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease resulting from the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, due to a poorly understood combination of genetic, environmental, and immune factors. The JDRF Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes (nPOD) program recovers transplantation quality pancreas from organ donors throughout the USA. In addition to recovery of donors with T1D, non-diabetic donors include those with islet autoantibodies. Donors with type 2 diabetes and other conditions are also recovered to aid investigations directed at the full spectrum of pathophysiological mechanisms affecting beta cells. One central processing laboratory conducts standardized procedures for sample processing, storage, and distribution, intended for current and future cutting edge investigations. Baseline histology characterizations are performed on the pancreatic samples, with images of the staining results provided though whole-slide digital scans. Uniquely, these high-grade biospecimens are provided without expense to investigators, working worldwide, seeking methods for disease prevention and reversal strategies. Collaborative working groups are highly encouraged, bringing together multiple investigators with different expertise to foster collaborations in several areas of critical need. This mini-review will provide some key histopathological findings emanating from the nPOD collection, including the heterogeneity of beta cell loss and islet inflammation (insulitis), beta cell mass, insulin-producing beta cells in chronic T1D, and pancreas weight reductions at disease onset. Analysis of variations in histopathology observed from these organ donors could provide for mechanistic differences related to etiological agents and serve an important function in terms of identifying the heterogeneity of T1D.

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  • Insulitis is common and intense in animal models of type 1 diabetes, but it is much rarer and more variable in human beings.

    “Although insulitis is common and intense in animal models of type 1 diabetes, it is much rarer and more variable in human beings (figure 3).60”

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    The section “Insulitis in the natural history of T1D” (page not provided) reports low proportions of affected islets in human donors and describes variation within and between donors. It does not establish that insulitis is common and intense in animal models, so the comparison is only partly supported. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Campbell-Thompson, M.
Affiliations
The Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Florida; College of Medicine; Gainesville FL USA
Venue
Pediatric Diabetes
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2015-05-22
Volume
16
Issue
5
Pages
320-330
ISSN
1399-543X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1915692069
Cited by
46
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 5
FWCI
0.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Pediatric Diabetes (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (101120, 104155)
  • JDRF (6-2006-1140, 25-2013-268 (Atkinson PI, Subcontract to MCT))
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
type 1 diabetes, beta cell destruction, insulitis, beta-cell mass, islet autoantibodies, pancreatic histopathology, beta-cell heterogeneity, diabetes etiology, biospecimen repository
MeSH terms
Autoantibodies, Cell Count, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Humans, Insulin, Pancreas, Tissue Donors, Biomedical Research, Insulin-Secreting Cells

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