Human lupus, fewer Treg cells indeed: Comment on the article by Venigalla et al

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 630-

  Miyara, Makoto ^a   Amoura, Zahir ^a   Gorochov, Guy ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CELL SEPARATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 59649099259     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24287     Document Type: Letter

References (12)

1. -/low regulatory T cells in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 2008;58:2120-30.
2. Miyara M, Amoura Z, Parizot C, Badoual C, Dorgham K, Trad S, et al. Global natural regulatory T cell depletion in active systemic lupus erythematosus. J Immunol 2005;175:8392-400.
3. Baecher-Allan C, Brown JA, Freeman GJ, Hafler DA. CD4+CD25high regulatory cells in human peripheral blood. J Immunol 2001;167:1245-53.
4. Dieckmann D, Plottner H, Berchtold S, Berger T, Schuler G. Ex vivo isolation and characterization of CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells with regulatory properties from human blood. J Exp Med 2001;193:1303-10.
5. Jonuleit H, Schmitt E, Stassen M, Tuettenberg A, Knop J, Enk AH. Identification and functional characterization of human CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells with regulatory properties isolated from peripheral blood. J Exp Med 2001;193:1285-94.
6. Levings MK, Sangregorio R, Roncarolo MG. Human cd25(+)cd4(+) t regulatory cells suppress naive and memory T cell proliferation and can be expanded in vitro without loss of function. J Exp Med 2001;193:1295-302.
7. Ng WF, Duggan PJ, Ponchel F, Matarese G, Lombardi G, Edwards AD, et al. Human CD4(+)CD25(+) cells: a naturally occurring population of regulatory T cells. Blood 2001;98:2736-44.
8. Taams LS, Smith J, Rustin MH, Salmon M, Poulter LW, Akbar AN. Human anergic/suppressive CD4(+)CD25(+) T cells: a highly differentiated and apoptosis-prone population. Eur J Immunol 2001;31:1122-31.
9. Miyara M, Amoura Z, Parizot C, Badoual C, Dorgham K, Trad S, et al. The immune paradox of sarcoidosis and regulatory T cells. J Exp Med 2006;203:359-70.
10. Franz B, Fritzsching B, Riehl A, Oberle N, Klemke CD, Sykora J, et al. Low number of regulatory T cells in skin lesions of patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum 2007;56:1910-20.
11. Liu W, Putnam AL, Xu-Yu Z, Szot GL, Lee MR, Zhu S, et al. CD127 expression inversely correlates with FoxP3 and suppressive function of human CD4+ T reg cells. J Exp Med 2006;203:1701-11.
12. Seddiki N, Santner-Nanan B, Martinson J, Zaunders J, Sasson S, Landay A, et al. Expression of interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-7 receptors discriminates between human regulatory and activated T cells. J Exp Med 2006;203:1693-700.