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Regulatory T-cells in antitumor therapy: isolation and functional testing of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cells.
Methods in molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Jonuleit Helmut, Schmitt Edgar
Abstract excerpt
Naturally occurring CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells originate from the thymus and play a central role regarding the maintenance of peripheral tolerance by suppression of autoreactive T-cell populations. However, T regulatory cells can have beneficial as well as harmful effects. On the one hand, they prevent a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; but on the other hand, they concomitantly inhibit antitumor...
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