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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
卷 124, 期 3, 页码 1027-1036出版社
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI72932
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资金
- NIH K08 grant [1K08AR062064-01]
- Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS)
- Scleroderma Research Foundation
- UCSF Department of Dermatology
- NIH [P01 AI35297, RO1 AI73656, U19 AI56388, RO1AR065174, K08AR057763]
Regulatory T cells (Tregs), which are characterized by expression of the transcription factor Foxp3, are a dynamic and heterogeneous population of cells that control immune responses and prevent autoimmunity. We recently identified a subset of Tregs in murine skin with properties typical of memory cells and defined this population as memory Tregs (mTregs). Due to the importance of these cells in regulating tissue inflammation in mice, we analyzed this cell population in humans and found that almost all Tregs in normal skin had an activated memory phenotype. Compared with mTregs in peripheral blood, cutaneous mTregs had unique cell surface marker expression and cytokine production. In normal human skin, mTregs preferentially localized to hair follicles and were more abundant in skin with high hair density. Sequence comparison of TCRs from conventional memory T helper cells and mTregs isolated from skin revealed little homology between the two cell populations, suggesting that they recognize different antigens. Under steady-state conditions, mTregs were nonmigratory and relatively unresponsive; however, in inflamed skin from psoriasis patients, mTregs expanded, were highly proliferative, and produced low levels of IL-17. Taken together, these results identify a subset of Tregs that stably resides in human skin and suggest that these cells are qualitatively defective in inflammatory skin disease.
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