Abstract
It has been known for years that rodents harbor a unique population of CD4+CD25+ “professional” regulatory/suppressor T cells that is crucial for the prevention of spontaneous autoimmune diseases. Here we demonstrate that CD4+CD25+CD45RO+ T cells (mean 6% of CD4+ T cells) are present in the blood of adult healthy volunteers. In contrast to previous reports, these CD4+CD25+ T cells do not constitute conventional memory cells but rather regulatory cells exhibiting properties identical to their rodent counterparts. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated antigen (CTLA)-4 (CD152), for example, which is essential for the in vivo suppressive activity of CD4+CD25+ T cells, was constitutively expressed, and remained strongly upregulated after stimulation. The cells were nonproliferative to stimulation via their T cell receptor for antigen, but the anergic state was partially reversed by interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-15. Upon stimulation with allogeneic (but not syngeneic) mature dendritic cells or platebound anti-CD3 plus anti-CD28 the CD4+CD25+ T cells released IL-10, and in coculture experiments suppressed the activation and proliferation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Suppression proved IL-10 independent, yet contact dependent as in the mouse. The identification of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T cells has important implications for the study of tolerance in man, notably in the context of autoimmunity, transplantation, and cancer.
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Created | 23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 12:48 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 25, 2023, 6:43 a.m.) |
Indexed | 2 weeks ago (Aug. 23, 2025, 12:59 a.m.) |
Issued | 24 years, 3 months ago (June 4, 2001) |
Published | 24 years, 3 months ago (June 4, 2001) |
Published Online | 24 years, 3 months ago (June 4, 2001) |
Published Print | 24 years, 3 months ago (June 4, 2001) |
@article{Dieckmann_2001, title={Ex Vivo Isolation and Characterization of Cd4+Cd25+ T Cells with Regulatory Properties from Human Blood}, volume={193}, ISSN={1540-9538}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.193.11.1303}, DOI={10.1084/jem.193.11.1303}, number={11}, journal={The Journal of Experimental Medicine}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Dieckmann, Detlef and Plottner, Heidi and Berchtold, Susanne and Berger, Thomas and Schuler, Gerold}, year={2001}, month=jun, pages={1303–1310} }