Increased Expression of Forkhead Box Protein 3 Gene of Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Active Tuberculosis.

According to this study, the increased Foxp3 gene expression in patients with TB was observed and this may play as a contributing factor to suppression of Th1-type immune responses. PMID: 25198706 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25198706?dopt=Abstract

Source: Inflammation and Allergy Drug Targets - September 8, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Beiranvand E, Abediankenari S, Rezaei MS, Khani S, Sardari S, Beiranvand B Tags: Inflamm Allergy Drug Targets Source Type: research