Control of regulatory T cell migration, function, and homeostasis

DJ Campbell - The Journal of Immunology, 2015 - journals.aai.org
The Journal of Immunology, 2015journals.aai.org
Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for preventing autoimmunity and
uncontrolled inflammation, and they modulate immune responses during infection and the
development of cancer. Accomplishing these tasks requires the widespread distribution of
Tregs in both lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissues, and the selective recruitment of Tregs to
different tissue sites has emerged as a key checkpoint that controls tissue inflammation in
autoimmunity, infection, and cancer development, as well as in the context of allograft …
Abstract
Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are essential for preventing autoimmunity and uncontrolled inflammation, and they modulate immune responses during infection and the development of cancer. Accomplishing these tasks requires the widespread distribution of Tregs in both lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissues, and the selective recruitment of Tregs to different tissue sites has emerged as a key checkpoint that controls tissue inflammation in autoimmunity, infection, and cancer development, as well as in the context of allograft acceptance or rejection. Additionally, Tregs are functionally diverse, and it has become clear that some of this diversity segregates with Treg localization to particular tissue sites. In this article, I review the progress in understanding the mechanisms of Treg trafficking and discuss factors controlling their homeostatic maintenance and function in distinct tissue sites.
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