Abstract
Regulation of immune responses is crucial in order to maintain immunological self-tolerance. This is maintained in the periphery by a number of cell types that have the capacity to control and regulate immune responses, thus preventing reactivity to self while monitoring appropriate, non-exuberant responses to non-self-antigens. The various mechanisms of regulation will be discussed in this review together with how this knowledge could be used to develop better drugs and treatments for various diseases.
Keywords: CD4+CD25+ regulatory cells, Tr1, Th3, immuno-modulatory drugs
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Regulatory T-Cells: Immunomodulators in Health and Disease
Volume: 6 Issue: 16
Author(s): Karen Scalzo, Magdalena Plebanski and Vasso Apostolopoulos
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Keywords: CD4+CD25+ regulatory cells, Tr1, Th3, immuno-modulatory drugs
Abstract: Regulation of immune responses is crucial in order to maintain immunological self-tolerance. This is maintained in the periphery by a number of cell types that have the capacity to control and regulate immune responses, thus preventing reactivity to self while monitoring appropriate, non-exuberant responses to non-self-antigens. The various mechanisms of regulation will be discussed in this review together with how this knowledge could be used to develop better drugs and treatments for various diseases.
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Scalzo Karen, Plebanski Magdalena and Apostolopoulos Vasso, Regulatory T-Cells: Immunomodulators in Health and Disease, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2006; 6 (16) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802606778194262
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802606778194262 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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