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In Vitro Differentiation of Human CD4+FOXP3+ Induced Regulatory T Cells (iTregs) from Naïve CD4+ T Cells Using a TGF-β-containing Protocol
Published on: December 30, 2016
Transcription factor Foxp3 and its protein partners form a complex regulatory network
Dipayan Rudra1, Paul deRoos, Ashutosh Chaudhry
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract:
The transcription factor Foxp3 is indispensible for the differentiation and function of regulatory T cells (T(reg) cells). To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms of Foxp3-mediated gene expression, we purified Foxp3 complexes and explored their composition. Biochemical and mass-spectrometric analyses revealed that Foxp3 forms multiprotein complexes of 400-800 kDa or larger and identified 361 associated proteins, ∼30% of which were transcription related. Foxp3 directly regulated expression of a large proportion of the genes encoding its cofactors. Some transcription factor partners of Foxp3 facilitated its expression. Functional analysis of the cooperation of Foxp3 with one such partner, GATA-3, provided additional evidence for a network of transcriptional regulation afforded by Foxp3 and its associates to control distinct aspects of T(reg) cell biology.
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