Harnessing the plasticity of CD4(+) T cells to treat immune-mediated disease.
Nat Rev Immunol
; 16(3): 149-63, 2016 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
CD4(+) T cells differentiate and acquire distinct functions to combat specific pathogens but can also adapt their functions in response to changing circumstances. Although this phenotypic plasticity can be potentially deleterious, driving immune pathology, it also provides important benefits that have led to its evolutionary preservation. Here, we review CD4(+) T cell plasticity by examining the molecular mechanisms that regulate it - from the extracellular cues that initiate and drive cells towards varying phenotypes, to the cytosolic signalling cascades that decipher these cues and transmit them into the cell and to the nucleus, where these signals imprint specific gene expression programmes. By understanding how this functional flexibility is achieved, we may open doors to new therapeutic approaches that harness this property of T cells.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos
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Subpopulações de Linfócitos T
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Imunoterapia
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Rev Immunol
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos