Regulatory T cells control immune responses through their nonredundant tissue specific features

Regulatory T cells (Treg) are needed to control immune responses and to maintain immune homeostasis. Most potent regulators are Foxp3 expressing CD4+ T cells which can be roughly divided in to two main groups, natural Treg cells (nTreg) developing in the thymus and induced or adaptive Treg cells (iT...

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Main Authors: Sari eLehtimäki, Riitta eLahesmaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00294/full