title: Generation of human regulatory gammadelta T cells by TCRgammadelta stimulation in the presence of TGF-beta and their involvement in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: As a component of the innate immune cell population, γδ T cells are involved in tumor immunosurveillance and host defense against viral invasion. In this study, we demonstrated a novel function of human γδ T cells as regulatory cells by detecting their suppressive effect on the proliferation of autologous naive CD4(+) T cells. These regulatory γδ T cells (γδ Tregs) could be generated in vitro by stimulating with anti-TCRγδ in the presence of TGF-β and IL-2. Similar to CD4(+)Foxp3(+) Tregs, γδ Tregs also expressed Foxp3. Additionally, they primarily belonged to the Vδ1 subset with a CD27(+)CD25(high) phenotype. Furthermore, these γδ Tregs showed an immunoregulatory activity mainly through cell-to-cell contact. Importantly, this γδ regulatory population decreased in the peripheral blood of systemic lupus erythematosus patients, suggesting a potential mechanism in understanding the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, and Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Beijing 100005, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Lianxian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Denian
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001773:Blood Cells; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta