Frydrychowicz M, Boruczkowski M, Kolecka-Bednarczyk A, Dworacki G
Department of Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Scand J Immunol. 2017 Dec;86(6):436-443. doi: 10.1111/sji.12615.
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) represent a small subpopulation of CD4 cells. Tregs are characterized by the expression of transcription factor Forkhead box protein 3 (FoxP3), also known as scurfin. Tregs are modulators of adaptive immune responses and play an important role in maintaining tolerance to self-antigens, providing the suppression associated with tumour microenvironment as well. These immunomodulatory properties are the main reason for the development of numerous therapeutic strategies, designed to inhibit the activity of cancer cells. However, due to Treg subpopulation diversity and its many functional pathways, the role of these cells in the cancer development and progression is still not fully understood.
调节性T细胞(Tregs)是CD4细胞中的一个小亚群。Tregs的特征是转录因子叉头框蛋白3(FoxP3,也称为scurfin)的表达。Tregs是适应性免疫反应的调节因子,在维持对自身抗原的耐受性方面发挥重要作用,也与肿瘤微环境相关的抑制作用有关。这些免疫调节特性是众多旨在抑制癌细胞活性的治疗策略得以发展的主要原因。然而,由于Treg亚群的多样性及其众多功能途径,这些细胞在癌症发生和发展中的作用仍未完全明确。