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SCIENCE
Volume 325, Issue 5944, Pages 1142-1146Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1176077
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- Melanoma Research Alliance
- Janey Fund
- Seraph Foundation
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CD4(+) regulatory T cells (T-regs) maintain immunological self-tolerance and immune homeostasis by suppressing aberrant or excessive immune responses. The core genetic program of T-regs and their ability to suppress pathologic immune responses depends on the transcription factor Foxp3. Despite progress in understanding mechanisms of Foxp3-dependent gene activation, the molecular mechanism of Foxp3-dependent gene repression remains largely unknown. We identified Eos, a zinc-finger transcription factor of the Ikaros family, as a critical mediator of Foxp3-dependent gene silencing in T-regs. Eos interacts directly with Foxp3 and induces chromatin modifications that result in gene silencing in T-regs. Silencing of Eos in T-regs abrogates their ability to suppress immune responses and endows them with partial effector function, thus demonstrating the critical role that Eos plays in T-reg programming.
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