IL-15-dependent balance between Foxp3 and RORγt expression impacts inflammatory bowel disease

Transcription factors directing T cell fate are induced by instructive signals such as cytokines. Here the authors show that IL-15 promotes Foxp3 and inhibits RORγt expression in CD4 T cells, and that IL-15 is critical to suppress colitis by maintaining the Treg to Th1/Th17 ratio in a mouse model.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Milena J. Tosiek, Laurence Fiette, Sary El Daker, Gérard Eberl, Antonio A. Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10888