FoxP3: A Life beyond Regulatory T Cells

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Yang Liu¹  Pan Zheng¹ 

关键词: FoxP3;    homeostatic proliferation;    thymopoiesis;    autoimmune diseases;   

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学科分类：生理学与病理学

来源: e-Century Publishing Corporation

【 摘 要 】

This review analyzes the current dogma that FoxP3 functions exclusively in the regulatory T cells (Treg) and that FoxP3⁺ Treg is indispensable for survival of immune competent mice. We outline evidence that FoxP3 is expressed well beyond Treg and that the FoxP3 mutation in thymic stromal cells causes defective thymopoiesis, which in turn leads to increased homeostatic proliferation. We argue that the lethal autoimmune disease in mice with germline mutation of FoxP3 is due to both lack of Treg and enhanced homeostatic proliferation.

【 授权许可】

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