title: Making sense of regulatory T cell suppressive function.
abstract: Several types of regulatory T cells maintain self-tolerance and control excessive immune responses to foreign antigens. The major regulatory T subsets described over the past decade and novel function in transplantation will be covered in this review with a focus on CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T (Treg) cells. Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to explain how Treg cells inhibit effector cells but none can completely explain the observed effects in toto. Proposed mechanisms to explain suppressive activity of Treg cells include the generation of inhibitory cytokines, induced death of effector cells by cytokine deprivation or cytolysis, local metabolic perturbation of target cells mediated by changes in extracellular nucleotide/nucleoside fluxes with alterations in intracellular signaling molecules such as cyclic AMP, and finally inhibition of dendritic cell functions. A better understanding of how Treg cells operate at the molecular level could result in novel and safer therapeutic approaches in transplantation and immune-mediated diseases.
authors: Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2N2, Canada.
authors: Itay
authors: I
authors: Shalev
authors: Moritz
authors: M
authors: Schmelzle
authors: Simon C
authors: SC
authors: Robson
authors: Gary
authors: G
authors: Levy
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