Selective ablation of thymic and peripheral Foxp3+ regulatory T cell development
A. Yilmazer, D. M. Zevla, R. Malmkvist, C. A. Bello Rodriguez, P. Undurraga, E. Kirgin, M. Boernert, D. Voehringer, O. Kershaw, S. Schlenner, K. Kretschmer
This study shows that peripheral Foxp3+ Treg cells can compensate for the loss of thymic Treg cells, preventing autoimmunity, but thymic Treg cells are critical for controlling beta-cell autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2023Immunology