Isolation, Expansion, and Characterization of Human Natural and Adaptive Regulatory T Cells
Regulatory T cells play a central role in controlling homeostasis, and in inducing and maintaining tolerance to both foreign and self-antigens. Several types of T cells with regulatory activity have been described both in mice and humans, and those within the CD4+ subset have been extensively studied. Among them, the best characterized are the naturally occurring CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T (Treg) cells, and the adaptive type 1 regulatory T (Tr1) cells. Natural Treg cells can arise directly from the thymus, are characterized by the constitutive expression of the transcription factor Foxp3, and suppress T cell responses in a cell-cell contact mediated mechanism. On the contrary, adaptive Tr1 cells arise in the periphery upon encountering antigen in a tolerogenic environment, produce high levels of interleukin (IL)-10 and mediate suppression via IL-10. During the last decade, much effort has been placed on developing protocols to generate regulatory T-cell lines and clones, to further define the similarities and differences between various regulatory T-cell subsets. In this chapter, we will outline protocols to expand naturally occurring Treg cells, to differentiate homogeneous population of Tr1 cells in vitro, and to generate natural Treg and Tr1 cell clones and cell lines.
- 固有免疫和適應性免疫應答的相互聯系
- 單克隆抗體技術-動物免疫
- 犬葡萄糖依賴性胰島素釋放多肽(GIP)酶聯免疫分析
- 人心肌鈣蛋白(cTnT)ELISA試劑盒 說明書
- 旁路激活途徑
- Preparation of Recombinant Viral Glycoproteins for Novel and Therapeutic Antibody Discovery
- Overview of Automated Immunostainers
- Isolation?of?genomic?DNA?from?bacteria
- Fluorochrome?Absorption?and?Emission?Spectra
- Detection of Common Cytokine and Colony Stimulating Factor Gene Polymorphisms