title: Regulatory T cells: a brake on ischemic injury or an active promoter of tissue healing?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Phagocyte Laboratory, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ferenbach
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kluth
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: 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*