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Nature Immunology 8, 124 - 125 (2007)
doi:10.1038/ni0207-124

Treg cells: guardians for life

Jonathan A Hill1, Christophe Benoist1 & Diane Mathis1

  1. Jonathan A. Hill, Christophe Benoist and Diane Mathis are with the Section on Immunology and Immunogenetics, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. e-mail: cbdm@joslin.harvard.edu


Regulatory T cells expressing the transcription factor Foxp3 are known to control autoreactivity during and subsequent to the development of the peripheral immune system. New evidence emphasizes the fact that those cells are constant and powerful guardians against the state of 'horror autotoxicus'.

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