Lkb1 maintains Treg cell lineage identity

Lkb1 maintains Treg cell lineage identity

The protein kinase Lkb1 has been shown to limit conventional T cell activation and pro-inflammatory functions. Here the authors show that Lkb1 also maintains Foxp3 expression and suppressive function in regulatory T (Treg) cells, and that Treg-specific Lkb1-deficient mice develop fatal autoimmune di...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Di Wu, Yuechen Luo, Wei Guo, Qing Niu, Ting Xue, Fei Yang, Xiaolei Sun, Song Chen, Yuanyuan Liu, Jingru Liu, Zhina Sun, Chunxiao Zhao, Huifang Huang, Fang Liao, Zhongchao Han, Dongming Zhou, Yongguang Yang, Guogang Xu, Tao Cheng, Xiaoming Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15876

Similar Items

Similar Items