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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-23
pubmed:abstractText
Regulatory T cells play a major role in modulating the immune response. However, most information on these cells centers on autoimmunity, and there is also considerable controversy on the functional characteristics of these cells. Here we provide direct in vitro and in vivo evidence that CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells inhibit the differentiation and functions of both Th1 and Th2 cells. Importantly, CD4+CD25+ T cells suppressed the disease development of Leishmania major infection in SCID mice reconstituted with naive CD4+CD25- T cells. Furthermore, CD4+CD25+ T cells inhibited the development of colitis induced by both Th1 and Th2 cells in SCID mice. Our results therefore document that CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells suppress both Th1 and Th2 cells and that these regulatory T cells have a profound therapeutic potential against diseases induced by both Th1 and Th2 cells in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
170
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
394-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Adoptive Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Antigens, CD4, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Colitis, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Leishmania major, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Receptors, Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-T-Lymphocyte Subsets, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Th1 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12496424-Th2 Cells
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells suppress differentiation and functions of Th1 and Th2 cells, Leishmania major infection, and colitis in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology and Bacteriology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. d.xu@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't