T cells in health and disease

L Sun, Y Su, A Jiao, X Wang, B Zhang - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
T cells are crucial for immune functions to maintain health and prevent disease. T cell
development occurs in a stepwise process in the thymus and mainly generates CD4+ and …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological mechanisms of inflammatory diseases caused by gut microbiota dysbiosis: A review

J Chu, S Feng, C Guo, B Xue, K He, L Li - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The gut microbiota is indispensable for maintaining host health by enhancing the host's
digestive capacity, safeguarding the intestinal epithelial barrier, and preventing pathogen …

Identification of human exTreg cells as CD16+CD56+ cytotoxic CD4+ T cells

A Freuchet, P Roy, SS Armstrong, M Oliaeimotlagh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In atherosclerosis, some regulatory T (Treg) cells become exTreg cells. We crossed
inducible Treg and exTreg cell lineage-tracker mice (FoxP3 eGFP− Cre-ERT2 ROSA26 CAG …

Vascular endothelial cells and innate immunity

Y Shao, J Saredy, WY Yang, Y Sun, Y Lu… - … , and vascular biology, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
In addition to the roles of endothelial cells (ECs) in physiological processes, ECs actively
participate in both innate and adaptive immune responses. We previously reported that, in …

Modulation of regulatory T cell function and stability by co-inhibitory receptors

LE Lucca, M Dominguez-Villar - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells constitute a dynamic population that is essential for controlling
immune responses in health and disease. Defects in Treg cell function and decreases in …

Autoimmunity and cancer—Two sides of the same coin

J Sakowska, Ł Arcimowicz, M Jankowiak… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune disease results from the immune response against self-antigens, while cancer
develops when the immune system does not respond to malignant cells. Thus, for years …

Regulatory T cell therapy: current and future design perspectives

J Rana, M Biswas - Cellular immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) maintain immune equilibrium by suppressing immune responses
through various multistep contact dependent and independent mechanisms. Cellular …

Regulatory T cell stability and plasticity in atherosclerosis

AJ Ali, J Makings, K Ley - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) express the lineage-defining transcription factor FoxP3 and play
crucial roles in self-tolerance and immune homeostasis. Thymic tTregs are selected based …

[HTML][HTML] T cells: an emerging cast of roles in bipolar disorder

Z Chen, Y Huang, B Wang, H Peng, X Wang… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a distinctly heterogeneous and multifactorial disorder with a high
individual and social burden. Immune pathway dysregulation is an important …

Innate and adaptive immune abnormalities underlying autoimmune diseases: the genetic connections

X Chi, M Huang, H Tu, B Zhang, X Lin, H Xu… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
With the exception of an extremely small number of cases caused by single gene mutations,
most autoimmune diseases result from the complex interplay between environmental and …