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ArticleLeukemia2008

Malignant Tregs express low molecular splice forms of FOXP3 in Sézary syndrome.

T Krejsgaard, L M Gjerdrum, E Ralfkiaer, B Lauenborg, K W Eriksen, A-M Mathiesen, L F Bovin, R Gniadecki, C Geisler, L P Ryder and 4 more

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Article in Leukemia, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The Role of Tumor Microenvironment in the Pathogenesis of Sézary Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  16. Single-Cell Profiling of Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma Reveals Underlying Heterogeneity Associated with Disease Progression.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2019
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  18. Alternative Splicing of FOXP3-Virtue and Vice.Frontiers in immunology · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

T KrejsgaardDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
L M Gjerdrum
E Ralfkiaer
B Lauenborg
K W Eriksen
A-M Mathiesen
L F Bovin
R Gniadecki
C Geisler
L P Ryder
Q Zhang
M A Wasik
N Odum
A Woetmann
University of Copenhagen · DKRigshospitalet · DKUniversity of Pennsylvania · USBispebjerg Hospital · DKCopenhagen University Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sézary syndrome (SS) is an aggressive variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. During disease progression, immunodeficiency develops; however, the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we study the regulatory T cell (Treg) function and the expression of FOXP3 in SS. We demonstrate that malignant T cells in 8 of 15 patients stain positive with an anti-FOXP3 antibody. Western blotting analysis shows expression of two low molecular splice forms of FOXP3, but not of wild-type (wt) FOXP3. The malignant T cells produce interleukin-10 and TGF-beta and suppress the growth of non-malignant T cells. The Treg phenotype and the production of suppressive cytokines are driven by aberrant activation of Jak3 independent of the FOXP3 splice forms. In contrast to wt FOXP3, the low molecular splice forms of FOXP3 have no inhibitory effect on nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activity in reporter assays which is in keeping with a constitutive NF-kappaB activity in the malignant T cells. In conclusion, we show that the malignant T cells express low molecular splice forms of FOXP3 and function as Tregs. Furthermore, we provide evidence that FOXP3 splice forms are functionally different from wt FOXP3 and not involved in the execution of the suppressive function. Thus, this is the first description of FOXP3 splice forms in human disease.

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AdultAgedAlternative SplicingAntigens, CDCell Line, TumorCTLA-4 AntigenFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansImmunophenotypingInterleukin-10Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitJanus Kinase 3LuciferasesMaleAntigens, CDCTLA-4 AntigenCTLA4 protein, humanForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humanIL10 protein, humanInterleukin-10Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitJAK3 protein, humanJanus Kinase 3LuciferasesNF-kappa BRNA, Small InterferingSTAT5 Transcription FactorTransforming Growth Factor beta

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