Global Impairment of CD4 <sup>+</sup> CD25 <sup>+</sup> FOXP3 <sup>+</sup> Regulatory T Cells in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis - Concepedia

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Global Impairment of CD4 <sup>+</sup> CD25 <sup>+</sup> FOXP3 <sup>+</sup> Regulatory T Cells in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

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2009

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Ιoannis Kotsianidis, Evangelia Nakou, Irene Bouchliou, Argyrios Tzouvelekis, Emmanouil Spanoudakis, Paschalis Steiropoulos, Ioannis Sotiriou, Vassilis Aidinis, Dimitrios Margaritis, Costas Tsatalas,

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

This study provides the first evidence of global Treg impairment in IPF that strongly correlates with disease severity, suggesting a role for Tregs in the fibrotic process.

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