CD4CD8αα lymphocytes, a novel human regulatory T cell subset induced by colonic bacteria and deficient in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
How the microbiota affects health and disease is a crucial question. In mice, gut Clostridium bacteria are potent inducers of colonic interleukin (IL)-10-producing Foxp3 regulatory T cells (Treg), which play key roles in the prevention of colitis and in systemic immunity. In humans, although gut mic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3979654?pdf=render |