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Continuous T cell receptor signals maintain a functional regulatory T cell pool.
Immunity 41, 722-736 (2014)
Regulatory T (Treg) cells maintain immune homeostasis and prevent inflammatory and autoimmune responses. During development, thymocytes bearing a moderately self-reactive T cell receptor (TCR) can be selected to become Treg cells. Several observations suggest that also in the periphery mature Treg cells continuously receive self-reactive TCR signals. However, the importance of this inherent autoreactivity for Treg cell biology remains poorly defined. To address this open question, we genetically ablated the TCR of mature Treg cells in vivo. These experiments revealed that TCR-induced Treg lineage-defining Foxp3 expression and gene hypomethylation were uncoupled from TCR input in mature Treg cells. However, Treg cell homeostasis, cell-type-specific gene expression and suppressive function critically depend on continuous triggering of their TCR.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2014
HGF-Berichtsjahr
0
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1074-7613
e-ISSN
1097-4180
Zeitschrift
Immunity
Quellenangaben
Band: 41,
Heft: 5,
Seiten: 722-736
Verlag
Cell Press
Verlagsort
Cambridge, Mass.
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
PubMed ID
25464853
Erfassungsdatum
2014-12-31