Insulin-dependent diabetes induced by pancreatic beta cell expression of IL-15 and IL-15R 

Demonstration of islet-autoreactive CD8 T cells in insulitic lesions from recent onset and long-term type 1 diabetes patients

(2012) Ken T. Coppieters et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

IL-15 Participates in the Respiratory Innate Immune Response to Influenza Virus Infection

(2012) Katherine C. Verbist et al.   PLoS One

Safety (toxicity), pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and impact on elements of the normal immune system of recombinant human IL-15 in rhesus macaques

(2011) T. A. Waldmann et al.   BLOOD

Enterovirus RNA in Blood Is Linked to the Development of Type 1 Diabetes

(2010) S. Oikarinen et al.   DIABETES

Enterovirus Infection and Progression From Islet Autoimmunity to Type 1 Diabetes: The Diabetes and Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY)

(2010) L. C. Stene et al.   DIABETES

The prevalence of enteroviral capsid protein vp1 immunostaining in pancreatic islets in human type 1 diabetes

(2009) S. J. Richardson et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

The activating receptor NKp46 is essential for the development of type 1 diabetes

(2009) Chamutal Gur et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Rituximab, B-Lymphocyte Depletion, and Preservation of Beta-Cell Function

(2009) Mark D. Pescovitz et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Rare Variants of IFIH1, a Gene Implicated in Antiviral Responses, Protect Against Type 1 Diabetes

(2009) S. Nejentsev et al.   SCIENCE

IL-15Rα chaperones IL-15 to stable dendritic cell membrane complexes that activate NK cells via trans presentation

(2008) Erwan Mortier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE