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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
卷 14, 期 9, 页码 959-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2649
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- VIB
- Marie Curie
- European Research Council (IMMUNO)
- Interuniversity Attraction Poles [VII/39]
- QSIS
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (CDF-1) [637353]
- Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Foxp3(+) regulatory T (T-reg)cells are a crucial immunosuppressive population of CD4(+) T cells, yet the homeostatic processes and survival programs that maintain the T-reg cell pool are poorly understood. Here we report that peripheral T-reg cells markedly alter their proliferative and apoptotic rates to rapidly restore numerical deficit through an interleukin 2-dependent and costimulation-dependent process. By contrast, excess T-reg cells are removed by attrition, dependent on the Bim-initiated Bak- and Bax-dependent intrinsic apoptotic pathway. The antiapoptotic proteins Bcl-x(L) and Bcl-2 were dispensable for survival of T-reg cells, whereas Mcl-1 was critical for survival of T-reg cells, and the loss of this antiapoptotic protein caused fatal autoimmunity. Together, these data define the active processes by which T-reg cells maintain homeostasis via critical survival pathways.
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