Article
[The role of regulatory T-cells in autoimmune rheumatic diseases].
Vestnik Rossiiskoi akademii meditsinskikh nauk - 1 Jan 2006
Nasonov E L, Bykovskaia S N
Abstract excerpt
Regulatory T-cells CD4+CD25+Foxp3, possessing suppressory activity, play the key role in the development of autoimmune diseases, maintenance of peripheral tolerance in transplantation immunity, and the prevention of a pathological immune response to intestinal microflora or microbial infection. A decrease in the total number of circulating CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cells and their suppressive activity have been...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclophosphamide
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Glucocorticoids
