Harnessing the plasticity of CD4+ T cells to treat immune-mediated disease

M DuPage, JA Bluestone - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2016 - nature.com
CD4+ T cells differentiate and acquire distinct functions to combat specific pathogens but
can also adapt their functions in response to changing circumstances. Although this …

Reigniting hope in cancer treatment: the promise and pitfalls of IL-2 and IL-2R targeting strategies

S Muhammad, T Fan, Y Hai, Y Gao, J He - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Interleukin-2 (IL-2) and its receptor (IL-2R) are essential in orchestrating immune
responses. Their function and expression in the tumor microenvironment make them …

The plasticity and stability of regulatory T cells

S Sakaguchi, DAA Vignali, AY Rudensky… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Regulatory T (TReg) cells are crucial for the prevention of fatal autoimmunity in mice and
humans. Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)+ TReg cells are produced in the thymus and are also …

The chromatin-modifying enzyme Ezh2 is critical for the maintenance of regulatory T cell identity after activation

M DuPage, G Chopra, J Quiros, WL Rosenthal… - Immunity, 2015 - cell.com
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are required for immune homeostasis. Chromatin remodeling
is essential for establishing diverse cellular identities, but how the epigenetic program in …

TNFR2 is critical for the stabilization of the CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cell phenotype in the inflammatory environment

X Chen, X Wu, Q Zhou, OM Howard… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.aai.org
Several lines of evidence indicate the instability of CD4+ Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs).
We have therefore investigated means of promoting the stability of Tregs. In this study, we …

Regulatory dendritic cells, T cell tolerance, and dendritic cell therapy for immunologic disease

S Ness, S Lin, JR Gordon - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Dendritic cells (DC) are antigen-presenting cells that can communicate with T cells both
directly and indirectly, regulating our adaptive immune responses against environmental …

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 …

Rebalancing immune homeostasis to treat autoimmune diseases

DA Horwitz, TM Fahmy, CA Piccirillo, A La Cava - Trends in immunology, 2019 - cell.com
During homeostasis, interactions between tolerogenic dendritic cells (DCs), self-reactive T
cells, and T regulatory cells (Tregs) contribute to maintaining mammalian immune tolerance …

FOXP3+ Treg Cells and Gender Bias in Autoimmune Diseases

J Nie, YY Li, SG Zheng, A Tsun, B Li - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T (Treg) cells play a pivotal role in the maintenance of immune
homeostasis, where the X-linked master transcription factor forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) …

Regulatory dendritic cells for immunotherapy in immunologic diseases

JR Gordon, Y Ma, L Churchman, SA Gordon… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
We recognize well the abilities of dendritic cells to activate effector T cell (Teff cell)
responses to an array of antigens and think of these cells in this context as pre-eminent …