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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2011

Foxp3+ regulatory T cells impede the priming of protective CD8+ T cells.

James M Ertelt, Jared H Rowe, Margaret A Mysz, Charanjeet Singh, Monika Roychowdhury, Marijo N Aguilera, Sing Sing Way

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Regulatory T cells in infection.Advances in immunology · 2011
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James M ErteltDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Jared H Rowe
Margaret A Mysz
Charanjeet Singh
Monika Roychowdhury
Marijo N Aguilera
Sing Sing Way
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

The Immune Pathogenesis of Prenatal Listeria monocytogenes InfectionR01AI100934 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WAY, SING SING · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Regulatory T cells dictate immunity during persistent Salmonella infectionR01AI087830 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WAY, SING SING · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
Acute infection overrides PDL-1 mediated T cell suppression in autoimmune DMF30DK084674 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI ROWE, JARED H. · 2009 to 2013
$208k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087830NIAID NIH HHS R01AI087830NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI100934NIDDK NIH HHS F30 DK084674NIDDK NIH HHS F30DK084674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cell activation is controlled by incompletely defined opposing stimulation and suppression signals that together sustain the balance between optimal host defense against infection and peripheral tolerance. In this article, we explore the impacts of Foxp3(+) regulatory T cell (Treg) suppression in priming Ag-specific T cell activation under conditions of noninfection and infection. We find the transient ablation of Foxp3(+) Tregs unleashes the robust expansion and activation of peptide-stimulated CD8(+) T cells that provide protection against Listeria monocytogenes infection in an Ag-specific fashion. By contrast, Treg ablation had nonsignificant impacts on the CD8(+) T cell response primed by infection with recombinant L. monocytogenes. Similarly, nonrecombinant L. monocytogenes administered with peptide stimulated the expansion and activation of CD8(+) T cells that paralleled the response primed by Treg ablation. Interestingly, these adjuvant properties of L. monocytogenes did not require CD8(+) T cell stimulation by IL-12 produced in response to infection, but instead were associated with sharp reductions in Foxp3(+) Treg suppressive potency. Therefore, Foxp3(+) Tregs impose critical barriers that, when overcome naturally during infection or artificially with ablation, allow the priming of protective Ag-specific CD8(+) T cells.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell CommunicationForkhead Transcription FactorsListeria monocytogenesListeriosisLymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, Inbred C57BLT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryT-Lymphocyte SubsetsForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouse

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PMID21810602
PMCPMC3159790
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