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Cooperative regulatory events and Foxp3 expression

The molecular mechanisms that control Treg and TH17 development and the precise role of TGF-β in this process are complex and imperfectly understood. New findings indicate that the helix-loop-helix proteins E2A and Id3 are also critically involved in some of these processes.

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Figure 1: Transcriptional regulation of Foxp3.

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Tone, M., Greene, M. Cooperative regulatory events and Foxp3 expression. Nat Immunol 12, 14–16 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0111-14

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