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ArticleCancers2024

Osteopontin Regulates Treg Cell Stability and Function with Implications for Anti-Tumor Immunity and Autoimmunity.

Aigli G Vakrakou, Evangelia Kourepini, Ioannis Skordos, Natalia Nieto, Vily Panoutsakopoulou, Nikolaos Paschalidis

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Article in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors.

Aigli G VakrakouLaboratory of Neuroimmunology, First Department of Neurology, Aeginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, 21 Papadiamantopoulou, Ilisia, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Evangelia KourepiniBiomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Efessiou Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Ioannis SkordosBiomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Efessiou Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0857-7931
Natalia NietoDepartment of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Vily PanoutsakopoulouBiomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Efessiou Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos PaschalidisBiomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou Efessiou Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-6278-4144

Funding

European Research Council (FP/2007-2013) 243322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Foxp3-expressing regulatory T (Treg) cells represent the most highly immunosuppressive cell in the tumor microenvironment (TME) that halts effective anti-tumor immunity. Osteopontin (Opn), an extracellular matrix (ECM) glycophosphoprotein, plays key roles in many types of immune-related diseases and is associated with cancer aggressiveness when expressed by tumor cells. However, its role in Foxp3Treg heterogeneity, function, and stability in the TME is poorly defined. We generated mice with a Foxp3-specific deletion of Opn and assessed the ability of Opn-deficient Tregs to suppress inflammation. As these mice aged, they developed a scurfy-like syndrome characterized by aberrant and excessive activation of effector T cells. We evaluated and further confirmed the reduced suppressive capacity of Opn-deficient Tregs in an in vivo suppression assay of colitis. We also found that mice with Opn-deficient Foxp3

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