Functional maturation of regulatory T cells during child growth and their disorders

  • 宮脇, 利男 (Principal Investigator)
  • 金兼, 弘和 (Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha))
  • 雄一, 足立 (Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha))

Project Details

Abstract

This study was intended to elucidate the functional maturation process of human regulatory T (Treg) cells through the pathogenic examination of congenital deficiency of Treg cells (IPEX). We developed the simple and easy method by flow cytometry for detection of IPEX patients, resulting in identification of some new IPEX cases in Japan. Based on the analyses of IPEX patients, the IPEX case undergoing bone marrow transplantation, carriers, newborns and healthy adults, it could partially be clarified that FOXP3, the product of the gene responsible for IPEX, plays a crucial role in development and differentiation of Treg cells in humans.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2008/01/012010/12/31

Funding

  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: ¥18,330,000.00

Keywords

  • 制御性T細胞
  • FOXP3遺伝子
  • IPEX
  • フローサイトメトリー
  • 遺伝子解析
  • IL-7受容体
  • FOXP3
  • CD4^+CD25^+T細胞
  • アトピー性皮膚炎
  • IL-7R(CD127)
  • CD4^+CD25^+CD127^<dim>T細胞
  • フローサイトメトー
  • IL-7R (CD127)