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SUBMITTER: Guzman E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4065783 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Guzman Efrain E Hope Jayne J Taylor Geraldine G Smith Adrian L AL Cubillos-Zapata Carolina C Charleston Bryan B
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20140602 1
In humans and mice, γδ T cells represent <5% of the total circulating lymphocytes. In contrast, the γδ T cell compartment in ruminants accounts for 15-60% of the total circulating mononuclear lymphocytes. Despite the existence of CD4(+)CD25(high) Foxp3(+) T cells in the bovine system, these are neither anergic nor suppressive. We present evidence showing that bovine γδ T cells are the major regulatory T cell subset in peripheral blood. These γδ T cells spontaneously secrete IL-10 and proliferate ...[more]