title: In vivo Treg suppression assays.
abstract: To fully examine the functionality of a regulatory T cell (T(reg)) population, one needs to assess their ability to suppress in a variety of in vivo models. We describe five in vivo models that examine the suppressive capacity of T(regs) upon different target cell types. The advantages and disadvantages of each model including resources, time, and technical expertise required to execute each model are also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Creg J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Workman
authors.forename: Lauren W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Collison
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bettini
authors.forename: Meenu R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: Jerold E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Rehg
authors.forename: Dario A A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Vignali
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D016654:Genes, RAG-1; D051379:Mice; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; C498833:Foxp3 protein, mouse