Differential role of regulatory T cells in early and late stages of pulmonary fibrosis

Simple method of estimating severity of pulmonary fibrosis on a numerical scale.

T Ashcroft, Judy M. Simpson, V. Timbrell · Journal of Clinical Pathology · 1988 · 1.7K citations

Medicine, Pathobiology, Pathology +15

Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β1–producing Regulatory T Cells Induce Smad-mediated Interleukin 10 Secretion That Facilitates Coordinated Immunoregulatory Activity and Amelioration of TGF-β1–mediated Fibrosis

Atsushi Kitani, Ivan J. Fuss, Kazuhiko Nakamura et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2003 · 259 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +17

γδ T cells protect against lung fibrosis via IL-22

Philip L. Simonian, Fabian Wehrmann, Christina L. Roark et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2010 · 232 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +17

Global Impairment of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Ιoannis Kotsianidis, Evangelia Nakou, Irene Bouchliou et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2009 · 232 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Pathology +17

CD28 Down-Regulation on Circulating CD4 T-Cells Is Associated with Poor Prognoses of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Syed R. Gilani, Louis J. Vuga, Kathleen O. Lindell et al. · PLoS ONE · 2010 · 213 citations · Full text

Medicine, Immunology, Pathology +17