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Generation of Induced Regulatory T Cells from Primary Human Naïve and Memory T Cells
Published on: April 16, 2012
[Mechanism of CD4+CD25+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells--review]
1Department of Hematology, The First Hospital of Peking University, Beijing 10034, China.
Regulatory T cells (Treg) play a key role in the negative regulation of the immune system, which can inhibit inappropriate self-reactive T cells, as well as limit the range, extent and lasting time of immune responses, so as to inhibit the proliferation of CD4(+) and CD8(+) effector T cells. In view of these properties, there is little doubt about the enormous potential value of Tregs in molecular mechanisms and clinical treatment of human autoimmune disorders, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and allergies. In this review, the molecular mechanisms of CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg and CD8(+) Treg were mainly discussed, and challenge with which study on Treg cells is faced and prospects were briefly described.
Regulatory T cells (Treg) play a key role in the negative regulation of the immune system, which can inhibit inappropriate self-reactive T cells, as well as limit the range, extent and lasting time of immune responses, so as to inhibit the proliferation of CD4(+) and CD8(+) effector T cells. In view of these properties, there is little doubt about the enormous potential value of Tregs in molecular mechanisms and clinical treatment of human autoimmune disorders, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and allergies. In this review, the molecular mechanisms of CD4(+)CD25(+) Treg and CD8(+) Treg were mainly discussed, and challenge with which study on Treg cells is faced and prospects were briefly described.
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