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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 353-360Publisher
NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/ni1181
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This review discusses the control exerted by natural CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells ( natural T-reg cells) during infectious processes. Natural T-reg cells may limit the magnitude of effector responses, which may result in failure to adequately control infection. However, natural T-reg cells also help limit collateral tissue damage caused by vigorous antimicrobial immune responses. We describe here various situations in which the balance between natural T-reg cells and effector immune functions influences the outcome of infection and discuss how manipulating this equilibrium might be exploited therapeutically.
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