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dc.contributor.authorGaretto, S.
dc.contributor.authorTrovato, A.
dc.contributor.authorLleo, A.
dc.contributor.authorSala, F.
dc.contributor.authorMartini, E.
dc.contributor.authorBetz, A.
dc.contributor.authorNorata, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.authorInvernizzi, P.
dc.contributor.authorKallikourdis, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T02:23:43Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T02:23:43Z
dc.date.created2017-08-23T07:21:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationGaretto, S. and Trovato, A. and Lleo, A. and Sala, F. and Martini, E. and Betz, A. and Norata, G. et al. 2015. Peak inflammation in atherosclerosis, primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune arthritis is counter-intuitively associated with regulatory T cell enrichment. Immunobiology. 220 (8): pp. 1025-1029.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/56389
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.imbio.2015.02.006
dc.description.abstract

© 2015 The Authors. Regulatory T cells (Treg) influence the development of autoimmunity and their use is increasingly proposed for clinical applications. The well-characterized suppressive potential of Treg frequently leads to the assumption that Treg presence in prevailing numbers is indicative of immunosuppression. We hypothesized that this assumption may be false. We examined models of three different diseases caused by organ-specific autoimmune responses: primary biliary cirrhosis, atherosclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We examined indicators of relative abundance of Treg compared to pro-inflammatory T cells, during peak inflammation. In all cases, the results were compatible with a relative enrichment of Treg at the site of inflammation or its most proximal draining lymph node. Conversely, in healthy mice or mice successfully protected from disease via a Treg-mediated mechanism, the data did not suggest that any Treg accumulation was occurring. This counter-intuitive finding may appear to be at odds with the immunosuppressive nature of Treg. Yet extensive previous studies in RA show that an accumulation of Treg occurs at peak inflammation, albeit without resulting in suppression, as the Treg suppressive function is overcome by the cytokine-rich environment. We suggest that this is a ubiquitous feature of autoimmune inflammation. Treg abundance in patient samples is increasingly used as an indicator of a state of immunosuppression. We conclude that this strategy should be revisited as it may potentially be a source of misinterpretation.

dc.publisherUrban and Fischer Verlag
dc.titlePeak inflammation in atherosclerosis, primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune arthritis is counter-intuitively associated with regulatory T cell enrichment
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume220
dcterms.source.number8
dcterms.source.startPage1025
dcterms.source.endPage1029
dcterms.source.issn0171-2985
dcterms.source.titleImmunobiology
curtin.departmentSchool of Biomedical Sciences
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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