Università della Svizzera italiana

T regulatory cells are markers of disease activity in multiple sclerosis patients

Dalla Libera, Dacia ; Di Mitri, Diletta ; Bergami, Alessandra ; Centonze, Diego ; Gasperini, Claudio ; Grasso, Maria Grazia ; Galgani, Simona ; Martinelli, Vittorio ; Comi, Giancarlo ; Avolio, Carlo ; Martino, Gianvito ; Borsellino, Giovanna ; Sallusto, Federica ; Battistini,Luca ; Furlan, Roberto

In: Plos one, 2011, vol. 6, no. 6, p. e21386

FoxP3+ Treg cells are believed to play a role in the occurrence of autoimmunity and in the determination of clinical recurrences. Contradictory reports are, however, available describing frequency and function of Treg cells during autoimmune diseases. We examined, by both polychromatic flow cytometry, and real-time RT-PCR, several Treg markers in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from...