Critical role of IL-2 and TGF-β in generation, function and stabilization of Foxp3+CD4+ Treg
✍ Scribed by David A. Horwitz; Song Guo Zheng; Juhua Wang; J. Dixon Gray
- Book ID
- 102168828
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2980
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
CD4^+^Foxp3^+^ Treg consist of two indistinguishable subsets induced in either the thymus or the periphery. In addition to their suppressive activities, IL‐6 can convert natural Treg to pro‐inflammatory IL‐17‐producing cells, but those induced with IL‐2 and TGF‐β remain Treg. Unlike mouse CD4^+^CD25^–^ cells, which rapidly become polyclonal Foxp3^+^CD25^+^ Treg when activated appropriately with IL‐2 and TGF‐β, human T cells require multiple stimulations to become similar suppressor cells.
See accompanying commentary: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.200738111
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