Parasites and immunoregulatory T cells.
Surviving a parasitic infection requires the generation of a controlled immune response. Failure to establish or to maintain homeostatic conditions usually causes disease. Investigation of the immunoregulatory network as the response to the parasitic process or induced by the parasite promises enormous therapeutic benefits for the control of parasitic diseases. Recent findings implicate various populations of regulatory T cells in this homeostatic regulation.
Belkaid
Yasmine
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Mucosal Immunology Unit, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. ybelkaid@niaid.nih.gov
Sun
Cheng Ming
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Bouladoux
Nicolas
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D010271:Parasites / Q000276:immunology*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology*
D016753:Interleukin-10