Abstract:
:CD4 + CD25 + regulatory T (TR) lymphocytes are essential to the maintenance of immunologic tolerance in the host. The discovery of Foxp3 as a transcription factor essential to the differentiation of TR ushered in detailed studies of the molecular mechanisms of TR cell development, peripheral homeostasis, and effector functions. In humans, loss of function mutations in genes that regulate T-cell development and function have been associated with TR cell deficiency or dysfunction and syndromes of autoimmunity and immune dysregulation. Augmentation of TR cells by immunotherapy and pharmacologic agents is a promising strategy for the treatment of allergic and autoimmune diseases.
journal_name
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Amjournal_title
Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North Americaauthors
Chatila TAdoi
10.1016/j.ecl.2009.01.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-06-01 00:00:00pages
265-72, viiissue
2eissn
0889-8529issn
1558-4410pii
S0889-8529(09)00003-6journal_volume
38pub_type
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1987-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2013.06.002
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2013-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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更新日期:1987-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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journal_title:Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America
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