Effects of DNA methyltrasferase-inhibition on FOXP3 expresssion in CD4+ T cells

ABSTRACTCD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (TREG) are pivotal in the maintenance of immune tolerance to self-antigens and act as regulators of autoimmune reactions. There are two subsets of TREG: naturally occurring (nTREG) which develop in the thymus and inducible (iTREG) which are generated from conven...

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Main Author: Yao, Edmund
Other Authors: Ciriaco Piccirillo (Internal/Supervisor)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: McGill University 2012
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Online Access:http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=110525