Treg functional stability and its responsiveness to the microenvironment

J Barbi, D Pardoll, F Pan - Immunological reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) prevent autoimmunity and tissue damage resulting from
excessive or unnecessary immune activation through their suppressive function. While their …

DNA methylation as a future therapeutic and diagnostic target in rheumatoid arthritis

M Ciechomska, L Roszkowski, W Maslinski - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disease of unknown etiology that leads
to progressive joint destruction and ultimately to disability. RA affects as much as 1% of the …

Effect of rhG-CSF combined with decitabine prophylaxis on relapse of patients with high-risk MRD-negative AML after HSCT: an open-label, multicenter, randomized …

L Gao, Y Zhang, S Wang, P Kong, Y Su, J Hu… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Relapse is a major cause of treatment failure after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-
cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (HR-AML). The aim of …

Maintenance DNA methylation is essential for regulatory T cell development and stability of suppressive function

KA Helmin, L Morales-Nebreda… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Tregs require Foxp3 expression and induction of a specific DNA hypomethylation signature
during development, after which Tregs persist as a self-renewing population that regulates …

Understanding the relevance of DNA methylation changes in immune differentiation and disease

C Calle-Fabregat, O Morante-Palacios, E Ballestar - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Immune cells are one of the most complex and diverse systems in the human organism.
Such diversity implies an intricate network of different cell types and interactions that are …

Applications of CRISPR epigenome editors in tumor immunology and autoimmunity

B Yahsi, F Palaz, P Dincer - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, CRISPR-Cas systems have become indispensable tools for genetic
engineering and have been used in clinical trials for various diseases. Beyond genome …

[HTML][HTML] Optimized CRISPR-mediated gene knockin reveals FOXP3-independent maintenance of human Treg identity

AJ Lam, DTS Lin, JK Gillies, P Uday, AM Pesenacker… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Regulatory T cell (Treg) therapy is a promising curative approach for a variety of immune-
mediated conditions. CRISPR-based genome editing allows precise insertion of transgenes …

Epigenetic perspectives on systemic autoimmune disease

P Karagianni, AG Tzioufas - Journal of Autoimmunity, 2019 - Elsevier
Autoimmune diseases are characterized by increased reactivity of the immune system
towards self-antigens, causing tissue damage. Although their etiology remains largely …

PIP4Ks impact on PI3K, FOXP3, and UHRF1 signaling and modulate human regulatory T cell proliferation and immunosuppressive activity

A Poli, S Abdul-Hamid, AE Zaurito… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play fundamental roles in maintaining peripheral tolerance to
prevent autoimmunity and limit legitimate immune responses, a feature hijacked in tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperactivating EZH2 to augment H3K27me3 levels in regulatory T cells enhances immune suppression by driving early effector differentiation

JGC Peeters, S Silveria, M Ozdemir, S Ramachandran… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
The immunosuppressive function of regulatory T (Treg) cells is essential for maintaining
immune homeostasis. Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) …