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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2021

Regulatory T Cells: Concept, Classification, Phenotype, and Biological Characteristics.

Yang Du, Qiannan Fang, Song-Guo Zheng

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2021. 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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20 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yang DuDepartment of Pathology and Physiopathology, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China.
Qiannan FangDepartment of Clinical Immunology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Song-Guo ZhengDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University College of Medicine and Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. songguozheng2013@yahoo.com.
Guilin Medical University · CNThe Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center · USThird Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Treg) play an indispensable role in maintaining the body's immune nonresponse to self-antigens and suppressing the body's unwarranted and potentially harmful immune responses. Their absence, reduction, dysfunction, transformation, and instability can lead to numerous autoimmune diseases. There are several distinct subtypes of the Treg cells, although they share certain biological characteristics and have unique phenotypes with different regulatory functions, as well as mechanistic abilities. In this book chapter, we introduce the latest advances in Treg cell subtypes pertaining to classification, phenotype, biological characteristics, and mechanisms. We also highlight the relationship between Treg cells and various diseases, including autoimmune, infectious, as well as tumors and organ transplants.

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Autoimmune DiseasesT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAutoantigensHumansPhenotypeAutoantigensCell therapyClassificationImmune responseImmunological diseasesTreg cells

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PMID33523440
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