Cure of Colitis by CD4 + CD25 + Regulatory T Cells Barrette Kathleen – Dreesen Erwin Mottet C, Uhlig HH, Powrie F
CD4 + CD45RB low CD45RB high CD4 - CD25 + CD25 -
CD4 + CD45RB low CD45RB high CD4 - CD25 + CD25 - Regulatory T cells (T reg ) As therapeutic agents?
Conditions -Inhibit ongoing T cell responses -Reverse established pathology
Experimental protocol
CD4 + CD25 + T R cells reverse wasting disease
CD4 + CD25 + T R cells reverse colitis
CD4 + CD25 + T R cells reverse wasting disease & colitis
CD4 + CD25 + T cells home to the MLN & colon * P < 0,05 *
CD4 + CD25 + T cells home to the MLN & colon
The progeny of CD4 + CD25 + T cells proliferate in MLN & colon
CD4 + CD25 + T cells are in contact with CD11c + cells and CD4 + T cells in vivo