Premium
The sympathetic nervous system modulates CD4 + FoxP3 + regulatory T cells via a TGF‐β‐dependent mechanism
Author(s) -
Bhowmick Sourojit,
Singh Anurag,
Flavell Richard A.,
Clark Robert B.,
O'Rourke James,
Cone Robert E.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of leukocyte biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.819
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1938-3673
pISSN - 0741-5400
DOI - 10.1189/jlb.0209107
Subject(s) - foxp3 , immune system , immunology , biology , peripheral tolerance , sympathetic nervous system , experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis , antigen , transforming growth factor beta , immune tolerance , neuroscience , transforming growth factor , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , blood pressure
The sympathetic nervous system can control the number of regulatory T cells by modulating the level of TGF‐β in the periphery.