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Adenoviral Transduction of Naive CD4 T Cells to Study Treg Differentiation
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2013
Adenoviral gene transfer into naive CD4 T cells with transgenic expression of the Coxsackie adenovirus receptor enables the molecular analysis of regulatory T cell differentiation in vitro.
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Human In Vitro Suppression as Screening Tool for the Recognition of an Early State of Immune Imbalance
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2011
Tregs are potent suppressors of the immune system. There is a lack of unique surface markers to define them, hence, definitions of Tregs are primarily functional. Here we describe an optimized in vitro assay capable of identifying immune imbalance in subjects at risk to develop T1D.
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In Vitro Differentiation of Human CD4+FOXP3+ Induced Regulatory T Cells (iTregs) from Naïve CD4+ T Cells Using a TGF-β-containing Protocol
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2016
This protocol describes the reproducible generation and phenotyping of human induced regulatory T cells (iTregs) from naïve CD4+ T cells in vitro. Different protocols for FOXP3 induction allow for the study of specific iTreg phenotypes obtained with respective protocols.
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New Tools to Expand Regulatory T Cells from HIV-1-infected Individuals
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2013
CD4+ Regulatory T cells are potent immune-modulators and serve important functions in immune homeostasis. The paucity of these cells in peripheral blood makes functional studies challenging, specifically in the context of HIV-1-infection. We here describe a method to isolate and expand functional CD4+ Tregs from peripheral blood from HIV-1-infected individuals.
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Th17 Inflammation Model of Oropharyngeal Candidiasis in Immunodeficient Mice
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2015
Although Candida infection models are available to study host immune resistance, a model to study T cell mediated immunopathology in the context of Candida infection is absent. Here we describe a method to establish Th17 immunopathology associated with oral Candida infection in immunodeficient mice.
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The T-cell receptor first recognizes the relevant antigen, linking suppression to a defined immune target. This recognition enables downstream inhibitory activity rather than nonspecific control of every immune response. Studying that sequence helps researchers determine how antigen-specific regulation operates and how recognition may shape the balance between immune tolerance and responses directed against pathogens or damaged tissues.
CTLA-4 contributes by modulating antigen-presenting cells, which can alter how strongly they stimulate other immune cells. IL-10 and TGF-β provide soluble suppressive signals that influence immune activity through secreted cytokines. Examining these mechanisms separately helps clarify whether suppression depends primarily on interactions with antigen-presenting cells, cytokine-mediated effects, or a combination of both.
Antigen specificity allows investigators to connect suppression with a particular immune recognition event. This distinction is important because regulation may protect a tissue or limit inflammation without uniformly disabling immune activity. In infection research, antigen-specific systems help examine how tolerance can restrain damaging inflammation while still affecting the immune response needed for pathogen control.
Their defined antigen receptor and expanded population provide a consistent experimental system for measuring suppressive activity. Researchers can examine how effectively a clone reduces immune responses under antigen-recognition conditions and compare outcomes among experimental settings. These measurements help dissect the strength and mechanism of regulation, rather than treating suppression as an undefined property of mixed immune-cell populations.
Treg clones can be used to investigate how antigen-specific tolerance influences the relationship between inflammation and pathogen control. They help researchers examine whether regulatory activity limits immune-mediated tissue damage while also affecting responses directed against infectious agents. This makes them useful for connecting cellular suppression mechanisms with broader outcomes in immunology and infection research.
Their antigen-specific suppressive activity creates a model for studying how immune regulation could be directed toward selected responses. In autoimmune disease research, these cells help examine mechanisms associated with inappropriate immune activity and tissue damage. The same experimental framework supports investigation of targeted cellular therapies intended to regulate disease-relevant immunity more selectively.