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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

The Multifaceted Role of Regulatory T Cells in Sepsis: Mechanisms, Heterogeneity, and Pathogen-Tailored Therapies.

Yingyu Qin, Jingli Zhang

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yingyu QinDepartment of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.ORCID 0009-0001-9989-7473
Jingli ZhangDepartment of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 32100712
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated immune response to infection, characterized by an initial hyperinflammatory phase frequently followed by compensatory immunosuppression (CARS). Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a critical, biphasic role: inadequate suppression during early hyperinflammation fails to control cytokine storms, while excessive/persistent activity in late-phase immunosuppression drives immune paralysis and secondary infection susceptibility. This review explores advances in targeting Treg immunoregulation across bacterial, viral, and fungal sepsis, where pathogenic type critically influenced the types of immunoresponses, shaping Treg heterogeneity in terms of phenotype, survival, and function. Understanding this multifaceted Treg biology offers novel therapeutic avenues, highlighting the need to decipher functional heterogeneity and develop precisely timed, pathogen-tailored immunomodulation to safely harness beneficial Treg roles while mitigating detrimental immunosuppression.

Indexed as

SepsisT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsHumansImmunomodulationfunctional heterogeneitypathogen-tailored immunotherapysepsis immunopathologyTregs

Identifiers

PMID40806563
PMCPMC12347338

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