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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Follicular regulatory T cells control humoral autoimmunity via NFAT2-regulated CXCR5 expression |
| Creators Name: | Vaeth, M., Mueller, G., Stauss, D., Dietz, L., Klein-Hessling, S., Serfling, E., Lipp, M., Berberich, I. and Berberich-Siebelt, F. |
| Abstract: | Maturation of high-affinity B lymphocytes is precisely controlled during the germinal center reaction. This is dependent on CD4(+)CXCR5(+) follicular helper T cells (TFH) and inhibited by CD4(+)CXCR5(+)Foxp3(+) follicular regulatory T cells (TFR). Because NFAT2 was found to be highly expressed and activated in follicular T cells, we addressed its function herein. Unexpectedly, ablation of NFAT2 in T cells caused an augmented GC reaction upon immunization. Consistently, however, TFR cells were clearly reduced in the follicular T cell population due to impaired homing to B cell follicles. This was TFR-intrinsic because only in these cells NFAT2 was essential to up-regulate CXCR5. The physiological relevance for humoral (auto-)immunity was corroborated by exacerbated lupuslike disease in the presence of NFAT2-deficient TFR cells. |
| Keywords: | Adoptive Transfer, Analysis of Variance, Autoimmunity, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, DNA Primers, Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Flow Cytometry, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Gene Expression Profiling, Germinal Center, Humoral Immunity, Immunohistochemistry, NFATC Transcription Factors, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, CXCR5 Receptors, Regulatory T-Lymphocytes, Animals, Mice |
| Source: | Journal of Experimental Medicine |
| ISSN: | 0022-1007 |
| Publisher: | Rockefeller University Press |
| Volume: | 211 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Page Range: | 545-561 |
| Date: | 10 March 2014 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20130604 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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