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Natural Variation in Interleukin-2 Sensitivity Influences Regulatory T-Cell Frequency and Function in Individuals With Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Nov 2015
Yang Jennie H M, Cutler Antony J, Ferreira Ricardo C, Reading James L, Cooper Nicholas J, Wallace Chris, Clarke Pamela, Smyth Deborah J, Boyce Christopher S, Gao Guo-Jian, Todd John A, Wicker Linda S, Tree Timothy I M
Abstract excerpt
Defective immune homeostasis in the balance between FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) and effector T cells is a likely contributing factor in the loss of self-tolerance observed in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Given the importance of interleukin-2 (IL-2) signaling in the generation and function of Tregs, observations that polymorphisms in genes in the IL-2 pathway associate with T1D and that some individuals with T1D...
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