T HELPER 17 (Th17) AND REGULATORY T (Treg) CELLS PROFILE IN TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM)

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https://doi.org/10.26877/bioma.v14i1.1208

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Type 2 DM, Metabolism, T Helper-17, T Regulator, Imbalance T cell

Abstract

One of metabolic disorder disease is Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM), leading to increased glucose, cholesterol, and lipid levels in the blood. Type 2 DM results in insulin resistance within the body. Glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation, and fatty acid are  the three main metabolic pathways which provide energy for T cells. T cells will ploriferate, differentiate and become active into T Helper-17 and T regulator (Treg) cells because of these pathways. The profile of TH-17 cells and Treg cells in type 2 diabetes will be opposite in terms of the number of their populations caused by metabolic disorders in the body. Type 2 diabetes make an immunology response with increasingly number of TH-17 cells, while lack of Treg cells. Many studies have shown that diabetes mellitus as a metabolic disease effect populations of T Helper-17 and regulatory T cells. Glycolysis is the main energy metabolism becomes important factor that stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of Th-17 cells. The energy produced from this metabolism is in the form of ATP, which is the result of glucose synthesis using the Glucose transporter (GLUT). Glucose transporters (GLUT-1) are most dominantly expressed by Th-17 cells and Treg cells. Metabolic disorder causes an imbalance in the population of TH-17 cells with Treg cells. This review will explain the profiles of TH-17 and regulatory T cells in Diabetes mellitus and their relationship with body metabolism disease.

Author Biographies

DESAK GEDE BUDI KRISNAMURTI, Universitas Indonesia

Department of Pharmacy

Faculty of Medicine

RIA KODARIAH, Universitas Indonesia

Department of Anatomical Pathology

Faculty of Medicine

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2025-04-11

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DWIKARJANTI, I., KRISNAMURTI, D. G. B., & KODARIAH, R. (2025). T HELPER 17 (Th17) AND REGULATORY T (Treg) CELLS PROFILE IN TYPE-2 DIABETES MELLITUS (T2DM). BIOMA : Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi, 14(1), 29–45. https://doi.org/10.26877/bioma.v14i1.1208

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