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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2025

Foreign epitope-specific regulatory T cells respond robustly to vaccination and limit Th1 differentiation by conventional T cells specific for the same epitope.

Peter D Krueger, Kevin C Osum, Brian T Fife, Marc K Jenkins

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Peter D KruegerVaccine Research and Development, Pfizer, Pearl River, NY, United States.
Kevin C OsumT Lymphocyte Biology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Brian T FifeDepartment of Medicine, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Marc K JenkinsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8009-7655

Funding

Type I interferons in tolerance in the steady stateP01AI035296 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI MUELLER, DANIEL L · 1993 to 2023
$31.1M
TRAINING IN HEMOGLOBIN &CELL MEMBRANE RESEARCHT32HL007062 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI Jeffrey S. Miller, Gregory M Vercellotti · 1985 to 2026
$10.3M
TRACKING CD4+ MEMORY T CELLS IN VIVOR01AI039614 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI JENKINS, MARC KEVIN · 1996 to 2023
$8.7M
COSTIMULATORY SIGNALS IN CD4+ T-CELL ACTIVATIONR01AI027998 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI JENKINS, MARC KEVIN · 1989 to 2022
$4.5M
Mechanisms of immune tolerance in autoimmune diabetesR01AI106791 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI FIFE, BRIAN T · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007062NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI035296NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI027998NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039614NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI106791NIH HHS P01 AI 035296NIH HHS R01 AI027998NIH HHS R01 AI039614NIH HHS R01 AI106791NIH HHS T32 HL007062
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Abstract

Foxp3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells with antigen receptors (TCRs) specific for host peptides suppress autoimmunity. Paradoxically, Treg cells are also found in CD4+ T-cell populations specific for foreign (nonhost) peptides. We investigated the origin and function of these Treg cells in mice. Populations of foreign peptide-specific naïve CD4+ T cells contained Foxp3- conventional (Tconv) and Foxp3+ Treg cells in about a 90:10 ratio. Both types of T cells proliferated in parallel after vaccination with the foreign peptide in incomplete or complete Fruend's adjuvants and formed memory cells. The Tconv population failed to express Foxp3, and formed Th1, Th17, and T follicular helper cells, whereas the Treg population largely retained Foxp3, and formed Th1- and Th17-like cells. The Treg cells specific for a foreign peptide had no effect on the proliferation of Tconv cells specific for that peptide but partially reduced Th1 cells in that population. Thus, foreign epitope-specific naïve Treg cells fine-tune the primary response of Tconv cells specific for the same epitope by curbing the Th1 fate while allowing a robust response.

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Cell DifferentiationEpitopes, T-LymphocyteTh1 CellsT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsCell ProliferationForkhead Transcription FactorsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicVaccinationEpitopes, T-LymphocyteForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxp3 protein, mouseconventional T cellforeign epitopeFreund’s adjuvantregulatory T cell

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PMID41014584
PMCPMC12726090

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