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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2021

Treg Cells and Epigenetic Regulation.

Joseph A Bellanti, Dongmei Li

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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 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of Epigenetic Modifications in The Aberrant Expression of TheInternational journal of fertility & sterility · 2026
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  9. [Changes in percentage of GATA3Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph A BellantiDepartment of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. bellantj@georgetown.edu.
Dongmei LiDepartment of Microbiology-Immunology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Georgetown University Medical Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of the epigenetic regulation of Treg cells, a cell population with fundamental immunoregulatory properties, has shed considerable insights into an understanding of the role of these cells in health and disease. Research over the past several years has shown that the interaction of Treg cells with the gut microbiota are critical not only for the development of Treg function in health but also for abnormalities of Treg function that play a critical role in the pathogenesis of human diseases such as the allergic diseases, the autoimmune disorders, and cancer. The equilibrium between phenotypic plasticity and stability of Treg cells is defined by the fine-tuned transcriptional and epigenetic events required to ensure stable expression of Foxp3 in Treg cells. In this chapter, we discuss the molecular events that control Foxp3 gene expression and address the importance of DNA methylation as an important molecular switch that regulates the genetic expression of Treg induction and the possible implications of these findings for the treatment of human diseases characterized by abnormalities of Treg cell function.

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Autoimmune DiseasesT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticForkhead Transcription FactorsGene Expression RegulationHumansForkhead Transcription FactorsDNA methylationEpigeneticsGut = gastrointestinal tractMicrobiomeMicrobiotaT reg cells = T regulatory cells

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PMID33523445
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