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ArticleJournal of molecular cell biology2012

Polyclonal CD4+Foxp3+ Treg cells induce TGFβ-dependent tolerogenic dendritic cells that suppress the murine lupus-like syndrome.

Qin Lan, Xiaohui Zhou, Huimin Fan, Maogen Chen, Julie Wang, Bernhard Ryffel, David Brand, Rajalakshmy Ramalingam, Pawel R Kiela, David A Horwitz and 2 more

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Article in Journal of molecular cell biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 84 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Qin LanDivision of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Avenue, HMR710, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Xiaohui Zhou
Huimin Fan
Maogen Chen
Julie Wang
Bernhard Ryffel
David Brand
Rajalakshmy Ramalingam
Pawel R Kiela
David A Horwitz
Zhongmin Liu
Song Guo Zheng
Tongji University · CNSouthern California University for Professional Studies · USUniversity of Arizona · USUniversity of Southern California · USUniversité d'Orléans · FRVeterans Health Administration · US

Funding

Therapeutic immunoregulation mediated by TGF-??-induced iTregs in autoimmune arthR01AR059103 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI JARJOUR, WAEL N · 2010 to 2020
$3.9M
Intestinal Barrier Function: Protective Effects of CurcuminR01DK067286 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI GHISHAN, FAYEZ KHALAF, KIELA, PAWEL R · 2005 to 2013
$2.6M
Generation of Regulatory T cells ex-vivo for the treatment of systemic lupus erytR43AI084359 · NIAID · EXCELL THERAPEUTICS, LLC · PI O'NEIL, DAVID · 2011 to 2011
$245k
NIAID NIH HHS AI084359NIAMS NIH HHS AR059103NIDDK NIH HHS DK067286
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interplay between Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Treg) and dendritic cells (DCs) maintains immunologic tolerance, but the effects of each cell on the other are not well understood. We report that polyclonal CD4(+)Foxp3(+) Treg cells induced ex vivo with transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) (iTreg) suppress a lupus-like chronic graft-versus-host disease by preventing the expansion of immunogenic DCs and inducing protective DCs that generate additional recipient CD4(+)Foxp3(+) cells. The protective effects of the transferred iTreg cells required both interleukin (IL)-10 and TGFβ, but the tolerogenic effects of the iTreg on DCs, and the immunosuppressive effects of these DCs were exclusively TGFβ-dependent. The iTreg were unable to tolerize Tgfbr2-deficient DCs. These results support the essential role of DCs in 'infectious tolerance' and emphasize the central role of TGFβ in protective iTreg/DC interactions in vivo.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesCD3 ComplexCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesDendritic CellsFemaleForkhead Transcription FactorsGraft vs Host DiseaseImmune ToleranceInterleukin-10MiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred DBAProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaCD3 ComplexForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseInterleukin-10Protein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IITransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID22773728
PMCPMC3523557
OpenAlexW2014560166

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