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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 181, 期 5, 页码 3714-3724出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.5.3714
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- Israel Cancer Research Fund
- Wolfson Family Charitable Trust, London
CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a central role in cancer tolerance. However, mechanisms leading to their accumulation in cancer remain unknown. Although the thymus is the main site of Treg development, thymic contribution to Treg expansion in cancer has not been directly examined. Herein, we used two murine models of multiple myeloma (MM), 5T2 MM and 5T33 MM, to examine Treg accumulation in peripheral lymphoid organs, including spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, and blood, and to explore thymic Treg development during malignancy. We found that peripheral ratios of suppressive-functional Tregs increased in both models of MM-inflicted mice. We found that thymic ratios of Treg development in MM increased, in strong association with thymus atrophy and altered developmental processes in the thymus. The CD4(+)CD8(+) double-positive population, normally the largest thymocyte subset, is significantly decreased, whereas the CD4(-)CD8(-) double-negative population is increased. Administration of thymocytes from MM-inflicted mice compared with control thymocytes resulted in increased progression of the disease, and this effect was shown to be mediated by Tregs in the thymus of MM-inflicted mice. Our data suggest that increased ratios of Treg development in the thymus may contribute to disease progression in MM-inflicted mice.
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