(nTregs) in the thymus through lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (Lck) signaling.
However, it is not clear how CD28 costimulation regulates the generation of induced Tregs
(iTregs) from naive CD4 T-cell precursors in the periphery. To address this question, we
induced iTregs (CD25+ Foxp3+) from naive CD4 T cells (CD25− Foxp3−) by T-cell receptor
stimulation with additional transforming growth factorβ (TGFβ) in vitro, and found that the …