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ReviewGenes and immunity2014

Regulatory T cells and immune regulation of allergic diseases: roles of IL-10 and TGF-β.

O Palomares, M Martín-Fontecha, R Lauener, C Traidl-Hoffmann, O Cavkaytar, M Akdis, C A Akdis

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Review in Genes and immunity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 164 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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164citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

164 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 331 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

O Palomares1] Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland [2] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
M Martín-FontechaDepartment of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
R Lauener1] Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), Davos, Switzerland [2] Cantonal Childrens Hospital, St Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID 000000028412606X
C Traidl-Hoffmann1] Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), Davos, Switzerland [2] UNIKA-T, Institute for environmental medicine, Technische Universität Munich, Munich, Germany.
O Cavkaytar1] Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland [2] Department of Pediatric Allergology, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000000257477032
M AkdisSwiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland.
C A Akdis1] Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland [2] Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE), Davos, Switzerland.
CK-CARE · CHUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ESUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of allergic diseases has significantly increased in industrialized countries. Allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) remains as the only curative treatment. The knowledge about the mechanisms underlying healthy immune responses to allergens, the development of allergic reactions and restoration of appropriate immune responses to allergens has significantly improved over the last decades. It is now well-accepted that the generation and maintenance of functional allergen-specific regulatory T (Treg) cells and regulatory B (Breg) cells are essential for healthy immune responses to environmental proteins and successful AIT. Treg cells comprise different subsets of T cells with suppressive capacity, which control the development and maintenance of allergic diseases by various ways of action. Molecular mechanisms of generation of Treg cells, the identification of novel immunological organs, where this might occur in vivo, such as tonsils, and related epigenetic mechanisms are starting to be deciphered. The key role played by the suppressor cytokines interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β produced by functional Treg cells during the generation of immune tolerance to allergens is now well established. Treg and Breg cells together have a role in suppression of IgE and induction of IgG4 isotype allergen-specific antibodies particularly mediated by IL-10. Other cell types such as subsets of dendritic cells, NK-T cells and natural killer cells producing high levels of IL-10 may also contribute to the generation of healthy immune responses to allergens. In conclusion, better understanding of the immune regulatory mechanisms operating at different stages of allergic diseases will significantly help the development of better diagnostic and predictive biomarkers and therapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

AllergensForkhead Transcription FactorsHumansHypersensitivityImmune ToleranceInterleukin-10Models, ImmunologicalT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTransforming Growth Factor betaAllergensForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humanInterleukin-10Transforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID25056447
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