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Control freaks: immune regulatory cells

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The “Immune Regulatory Networks” meeting in Boston gathered scientists with a passion for regulatory T cells to discuss the latest information on an increasingly important subject.

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Figure 1: Different types of regulatory T cells.

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The authors thank all of the meeting participants whose work could not be mentioned here. We also thank C.O. Elson, A. Ray, B.J. Cherayil, A. Mizoguchi, H.N. Shi, G. Prioult and D. Smith for critical review of the manuscript.

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  1. Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Cathryn Nagler-Anderson, Atul K Bhan, Daniel K Podolsky & Cox Terhorst

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Cathryn Nagler-Anderson

  3. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Atul K Bhan

  4. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel K Podolsky

  5. Division of Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Cox Terhorst

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