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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 183, 期 7, 页码 4182-4186出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901678
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- INSERM
- Institut Pasteur
- Fondation pour la Recherche Midicale
- Region Haute-Normandie
The CD4 coreceptor is mandatory for the differentiation and function of conventional MHC class II-restricted T cells, but little is known about its contribution in regulatory T cells (Tregs). We thus investigated the Treg compartment in mice lacking CD4. CD3(+)CD8(-)FoxP3(+) cells were readily detected in the periphery of CD4(-/-) mice, where their percentages were even increased as compared with wild-type animals. These cells had a classical CD25(+)CD152(+)GITR(+) Treg phenotype, were enriched in memory-type Tregs, and displayed a diversified TCR repertoire. Functionally, CD4(-/-) Tregs were equally as suppressive as CD4(+/+) Tregs in vitro as well as in vivo. Hence, the CD4 coreceptor is dispensable for the generation and function of FoxP3(+) Tregs. Furthermore, CD3(+)CD8(-)FoxP3(+) Tregs were also found to develop in the absence of both CD4 and MHC-II molecules, demonstrating that the generation of Tregs can occur independently of MHC-II recognition. The Journal of Immunology, 2009, 183: 4182-4186.
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