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SUBMITTER: Rezende RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686827 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rezende Rafael M RM da Cunha Andre P AP Kuhn Chantal C Rubino Stephen S M'Hamdi Hanane H Gabriely Galina G Vandeventer Tyler T Liu Shirong S Cialic Ron R Pinheiro-Rosa Natalia N Oliveira Rafael P RP Gaublomme Jellert T JT Obholzer Nikolaus N Kozubek James J Pochet Nathalie N Faria Ana M C AMC Weiner Howard L HL
Nature communications 20151208
γδ T cells are a subset of lymphocytes specialized in protecting the host against pathogens and tumours. Here we describe a subset of regulatory γδ T cells that express the latency-associated peptide (LAP), a membrane-bound TGF-β1. Thymic CD27+IFN-γ+CCR9+α4β7+TCRγδ+ cells migrate to the periphery, particularly to Peyer's patches and small intestine lamina propria, where they upregulate LAP, downregulate IFN-γ via ATF-3 expression and acquire a regulatory phenotype. TCRγδ+LAP+ cells express antig ...[more]