Amelioration of experimental arthritis by stroke-induced immunosuppression is independent of Treg cell function

Conclusions MCAO ameliorates arthritis. The correlate of protection from arthritis is not the reduction of a particular pathogenic leucocyte subset or the preferential expansion or emergence of a protective cell population but the global reduction of leucocytes during arthritis.
Source: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Tags: Open access, Immunology (including allergy), Degenerative joint disease, Musculoskeletal syndromes Basic and translational research Source Type: research