Regulatory T cells: a brake on ischemic injury or an active promoter of tissue healing?
Gandolfo et al. report the key role played by regulatory T cells in modulating recovery from ischemic renal injury. The role of regulatory T cells in modulating ischemia-reperfusion injury in the kidney and other organs is discussed in this commentary.
Ferenbach
David A
DA
Phagocyte Laboratory, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Kluth
David C
DC
Hughes
Jeremy
J
D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000276:immunology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000502:physiology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000276:immunology*