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Foxp3 Instability Helps tTregs Distinguish Self and Non-self

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العنوان: Foxp3 Instability Helps tTregs Distinguish Self and Non-self
المؤلفون: Zhongmei Zhang, Xuyu Zhou
المصدر: Frontiers in Immunology, Vol 10 (2019)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Immunologic diseases. Allergy
مصطلحات موضوعية: Treg, Foxp3, instability, self and non-self-discrimination, TCR, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
الوصف: Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are small subsets of CD4 T cells that play a central role in the controlling of immune tolerance. Tregs are either generated in the thymus (tTregs) or the periphery (pTregs), and both express the master transcription factor Foxp3. Stable expression of Foxp3 is important for the maintenance of Tregs identity and their suppressive function. Similar to conventional T cells, Tregs can recognize both self- and non-self-antigens, and TCR engagement leads to Treg activation and the generation of effector Tregs. Emerging shreds of evidence suggest Tregs are not always stable, even fully committed mature tTregs, and can lose foxp3 expression and programming to effector-like T cells. In this review, we summarize recent findings in Treg instability and the intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms in controlling the Foxp3 expression. Finally, we propose a new hypothesis that Foxp3 instability might help tTregs distinguish between self and non-self-antigens.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-3224
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02226/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-3224
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02226
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/90b8fa4f7ea64b3592ab7cca915e7d3f
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.90b8fa4f7ea64b3592ab7cca915e7d3f
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16643224
DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2019.02226