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ArticleImmunotherapy2011

You, me and Foxp3: immune regulation for two.

Andy Tsun, Yang Yang Li, Bin Li

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Article in Immunotherapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Andy TsunKey Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 411 Hefei Road (South), Shanghai, 200025, China.
Yang Yang Li
Bin Li
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai · CNShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forkhead Box P3 (Foxp3) is a lineage-specific transcription factor that controls the differentiation of CD4(+) regulatory T cells. The expression of Foxp3 in regulatory T cells is crucial for the upregulation of immunosuppressive effector molecules, whereby Foxp3 disruption leads to the breakdown of immune tolerance and the development of autoimmune disease. The present study reveals how CD11b(+) F4/80(+) macrophages also express Foxp3; it is not solely restricted to T cells in the immune system. The expression of Foxp3 in CD11b(+) F4/80(+) macrophages endows them with immunosuppressive ability. Foxp3(+) macrophages were subjected to global gene expression and proteomic analyses to reveal their unique profile, demonstrating how the mode by which Foxp3(+) macrophages exert their function involves the upregulation of immunoregulatory pathways. This finding indicates that Foxp3 is more widely expressed in the immune cells than previously thought.

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PMID21995568
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