Number of T Reg Cells That Differentiate Does Not Increase upon Encounter of Agonist Ligand on Thymic Epithelial Cells

@article{Santen2004NumberOT,
  title={Number of T Reg Cells That Differentiate Does Not Increase upon Encounter of Agonist Ligand on Thymic Epithelial Cells},
  author={Hisse-Martien van Santen and Christophe Benoist and Diane Mathis},
  journal={The Journal of Experimental Medicine},
  year={2004},
  volume={200},
  pages={1221 - 1230}
}

• Hisse-Martien van Santen, Christophe Benoist, Diane Mathis
• Published in
  The Journal of experimental…
  2004
• DOI:10.1084/jem.20041022

It has been reported that the differentiation of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (T reg cells) can be induced by agonist peptide/major histocompatibility complex ligands in the thymus. Exploiting a transgenic mouse line wherein expression of a particular T cell epitope can be controlled temporally and quantitatively, we found that diversion of differentiating thymocytes into the FoxP3 T reg cell pathway by this agonist ligand was essentially nonexistent. However, CD4+CD25+ thymocytes were much… CONTINUE READING

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