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ArticleImmunology2009

Inhibition of phosphoantigen-mediated gammadelta T-cell proliferation by CD4+ CD25+ FoxP3+ regulatory T cells.

Volker Kunzmann, Brigitte Kimmel, Thomas Herrmann, Hermann Einsele, Martin Wilhelm

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Article in Immunology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Volker KunzmannUniversity of Würzburg, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Würzburg, Germany. kunzmann_v@medizin.uni-wuerzburg.de
Brigitte Kimmel
Thomas Herrmann
Hermann Einsele
Martin Wilhelm
University of Würzburg · DENuremberg Hospital · DEUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumour growth promotes the expansion of CD4(+) CD25(+) FoxP3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) which suppress various arms of immune responses and might therefore contribute to tumour immunosurveillance. In this study, we found an inverse correlation between circulating Treg frequencies and phosphoantigen-induced gammadelta T-cell proliferation in cancer patients, which prompted us to address the role of Tregs in controlling the gammadelta T-cell arm of innate immune responses. In vitro, human Treg-peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) co-cultures strongly inhibited phosphoantigen-induced proliferation of gammadelta T cells and depletion of Tregs restored the impaired phosphoantigen-induced gammadelta T-cell proliferation of cancer patients. Tregs did not suppress other effector functions of gammadelta T cells such as cytokine production or cytotoxicity. Our experiments indicate that Tregs do not mediate their suppressive activity via a cell-cell contact-dependent mechanism, but rather secrete a soluble non-proteinaceous factor, which is independent of known soluble factors interacting with amino acid depletion (e.g. arginase-diminished arginine and indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase-diminished tryptophan) or nitric oxide (NO) production. However, the proliferative activity of alphabeta T cells was not affected by this cell-cell contact-independent suppressive activity induced by Tregs. In conclusion, these findings indicate a potential new mechanism by which Tregs can specifically suppress gammadelta T cells and highlight the strategy of combining Treg inhibition with subsequent gammadelta T-cell activation to enhance gammadelta T cell-mediated immunotherapy.

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AntigensCell CommunicationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCytotoxicity, ImmunologicDiphosphatesForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansImmune ToleranceImmunity, InnateInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitLymphocyte Culture Test, MixedNeoplasmsPhosphoproteinsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-deltaT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAntigensbromohydrin pyrophosphateDiphosphatesForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humanInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitPhosphoproteinsReceptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta

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PMID18775028
PMCPMC2632687
OpenAlexW2065434106

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