(Journal Article): CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells down-regulate co-stimulatory molecules on antigen-presenting cells.
Cederbom L, Hall H, Ivars F (Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Lund, Sweden.,
Fredrik.Ivars@immuno.lu.se
)
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Eur J Immunol
2000; 30(6):1538-1543
Impact Factor(s) of Eur J Immunol: 5.005 (2004), 4.536 (2003), 4.832 (2002), 4.99 (2001)
ABSTRACT: CD4+CD25+ T cells have been shown to inhibit experimentally induced organ-specific autoimmune disease and depletion of these regulatory T cells from normal mice results in development of such conditions. Furthermore, CD4+CD25+ T cells suppress the IL-2 production and thereby the proliferation of polyclonally activated CD4+CD25- T cells in vitro. The suppression in vitro is independent of secreted factors but requires interactions between CD4+CD25- and CD4+CD25+ T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APC). We have now further investigated the function of CD4+CD25+ T cells in vitro and have focused on their interactions with APC. We found that CD4+CD25+ T cells down-regulated the expression of the co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 on dendritic cells. The steady-state level of CD80 mRNA was also decreased, while the steady-state level of CD86 mRNA was not, suggesting that distinct mechanisms regulate the expression of these molecules. The down-regulation occurred even in the presence of stimuli that would normally increase the expression of CD80 and CD86 molecules. Thus, down-regulation of co-stimulatory molecules may be an additional effector function of these regulatory T cells.
TYPE OF PUBLICATION: Original article
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