Regulatory T cells and inflammatory bowel disease.

Journal article

Recent studies have identified interleukin 10 as a differentiation factor for a novel subset of immune suppressive regulatory T cells. Here, Hervé Groux and Fiona Powrie discuss the role that these cells play in the regulation of immune responses to enteric antigens and suggest that a deficiency in these cells might be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.

Authors: Groux, H; Powrie, F

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Immunology today
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 442-445
• Publication date: 1999-10-01
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(99)01510-8
• ISSN: 0167-5699
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cell Differentiation; Humans; Animals; Interleukin-10; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; T-Lymphocyte Subsets; Mice