Age-related changes in CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells and their relationship with lung cancer.

OBJECTIVES:CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) inhibit the anti-tumour immune response and reduce the effect of cancer immunotherapy. Although studies have demonstrated that the number and suppressive activity of Treg increase with age, it is not clear whether these changes correlate with a hi...

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Main Authors: Pan-Fei Hou, Li-Jing Zhu, Xiao-Ying Chen, Zhu-Qiang Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5333862?pdf=render