A critical role for regulatory T cell–mediated control of inflammation in the absence of commensal microbiota
Open Access
- 4 October 2010
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 207 (11), 2323-2330
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20101235
Abstract
Removal of regulatory T cells precipitates tissue inflammation and a systemic autoimmune lympho- and myeloproliferative syndrome, even in germ-free mice.Keywords
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