End-stage renal failure and regulatory activities of CD4+CD25bright+FoxP3+ T-cells

Thijs Hendrikx, Evelien A. F. J. van Gurp, Wendy M. Mol, Wenda Schoordijk, Varsha D. K. D. Sewgobind, Jan N.M. IJzermans, W. Weimar, Carla C. Baan

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2009 · 105 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

In line with previous studies, we observed an overactivated but functionally compromised immune system in patients with end-stage renal failure. It now appears that in this setting, regulation by CD4(+)CD25(bright+)FoxP3(+) T-cells is also impaired.

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