Article ; Online: Making sense of regulatory T cell suppressive function.
2011 Volume 23, Issue 4, Page(s) 282–292
Abstract: Several types of regulatory T cells maintain self-tolerance and control excessive immune responses ... to foreign antigens. The major regulatory T subsets described over the past decade and novel function ... in transplantation will be covered in this review with a focus on CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells ...
Abstract | Several types of regulatory T cells maintain self-tolerance and control excessive immune responses to foreign antigens. The major regulatory T subsets described over the past decade and novel function in transplantation will be covered in this review with a focus on CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells. Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to explain how Treg cells inhibit effector cells but none can completely explain the observed effects in toto. Proposed mechanisms to explain suppressive activity of Treg cells include the generation of inhibitory cytokines, induced death of effector cells by cytokine deprivation or cytolysis, local metabolic perturbation of target cells mediated by changes in extracellular nucleotide/nucleoside fluxes with alterations in intracellular signaling molecules such as cyclic AMP, and finally inhibition of dendritic cell functions. A better understanding of how Treg cells operate at the molecular level could result in novel and safer therapeutic approaches in transplantation and immune-mediated diseases. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Apoptosis/immunology ; CD4 Antigens ; Cyclic AMP/immunology ; Cyclic AMP/metabolism ; Dendritic Cells/physiology ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; Humans ; Immune Tolerance ; Immunosuppression ; Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit ; Membrane Potentials/immunology ; Paracrine Communication/immunology ; T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology ; T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology ; Transplantation Immunology |
Chemical Substances | CD4 Antigens ; FOXP3 protein, human ; Forkhead Transcription Factors ; Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit ; Cyclic AMP (E0399OZS9N) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2011-05-17 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 1018141-6 |
ISSN | 1096-3618 ; 1044-5323 |
ISSN (online) | 1096-3618 |
ISSN | 1044-5323 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.smim.2011.04.003 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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