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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE
Volume 215, Issue 3, Pages 815-825Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20170901
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [91642201, 31600718]
- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology grant [2016YFC0906200]
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T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells are a new subset of regulatory T (T reg) cells localized in the germinal center to limit the humoral response. Until now, the physiological function of Tfr cells has been largely unknown. In this study, we developed a Bcl6(fl/fl)Foxp3Cre mouse to analyze the function of Tfr cells in immune and autoimmune responses. These mice exhibited enhanced immunity to influenza virus; moreover, Bcl6(fl/fl)Foxp3Cre/Cre mice developed late-onset spontaneous autoimmune diseases, affecting the salivary glands with lymphocyte infiltration and antibody deposition. In a mouse experimental Sjogren's syndrome model, ablation of Bcl6 in T reg cells greatly enhanced disease development. Conversely, Bcl6(fl/fl)Cd4Cre mice were protected in the model. Thus, our study indicates that Tfr cells control autoimmune diseases and can be targeted in infectious and autoimmune disease.
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