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Regulatory T-cells in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: their role in disease progression and autoimmune cytopenias.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 May 2013
Lad Deepesh P, Varma Subhash, Varma Neelam, Sachdeva Man Updesh Singh, Bose Parveen, Malhotra Pankaj
Abstract excerpt
Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) have been shown to be important for the balance of autoimmunity and oncogenesis. Tregs have a protective role in autoimmune diseases and conversely promote oncogenesis. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is unique in being at the cross-roads of oncogenesis and autoimmunity. We studied Tregs, defined as CD4+CD25(high)CD127(low)FOXP3+, in 32 treatment-naive patients with CLL. Our study...
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