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Down syndrome, autoimmunity and T regulatory cells.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Sept 2012
Pellegrini F P, Marinoni M, Frangione V, Tedeschi A, Gandini V, Ciglia F, Mortara L, Accolla R S, Nespoli L
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diseases are more represented in Down syndrome (DS) individuals compared to chromosomally normal people. Natural T regulatory cells (nT(reg) ) have been considered to be primary in the role of controlling the intensity and targets of the immune response. We have investigated the phenotypical and functional alteration of nT(reg) in a group of DS people. The phenotypical characteristic of T(reg) cells of...
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