(Journal Article): Regulatory T cell clones induced by oral tolerance: suppression of autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
 
Chen Y, Kuchroo VK, Inobe J, Hafler DA, Weiner HL (Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.)
 
IN: Science 1994; 265(5176):1237-1240
Impact Factor(s) of Science: 30.927 (2005), 31.853 (2004), 29.162 (2003), 26.682 (2002), 23.329 (2001)

ABSTRACT: Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a cell-mediated autoimmune disease that serves as an animal model for multiple sclerosis. Oral administration of myelin basic protein (MBP) suppresses EAE by inducing peripheral tolerance. T cell clones were isolated from the mesenteric lymph nodes of SJL mice that had been orally tolerized to MBP. These clones were CD4+ and were structurally identical to T helper cell type 1 (TH1) encephalitogenic CD4+ clones in T cell receptor usage, major histocompatibility complex restriction, and epitope recognition. However, they produced transforming growth factor-beta with various amounts of interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 and suppressed EAE induced with either MBP or proteolipid protein. Thus, mucosally derived TH2-like clones induced by oral antigen can actively regulate immune responses in vivo and may represent a different subset of T cells.

TYPE OF PUBLICATION: Original article

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