CD4+CD25+调节性T细胞及其与GVHD的关联性

CD4^＋CD25^＋调节性T细胞是一群表型和功能特异的T细胞亚群，具有免疫无能和免疫抑制两大特性，通过细胞直接接触或分泌抑制性细胞因子发挥对CD4^＋CD25^＋T细胞的抑制作用。GVHD是异基因造血干细胞移植最严重的并发症之一，近来有关CD4^＋CD25^＋调节性T细胞与GVHD关联性的研究得出了两种截然相反的结论，即该类细胞可有效防治GVHD的发生及该类细胞与GVHD的发生率成正比。这一研究结果的明确将为GVHD的临床治疗提供新的思路。本文就CD4^＋CD25^＋调节性T细胞及其免疫表型、特性、免疫调节作用机制及CD4^＋CD25^＋T细胞与GVHD的关联性的一些新的研究进展作一综述。

CD4 + CD25 + Regulatory T Cells and Their Function in Graft-Versus-Host Disease--Review

As a functionally and phenotypically distinctive T cell subpopulation, CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells are anergic and retain their ability to suppress antigen-driven response of CD4+CD25- cells in a contact-dependent manner or through a way of secreting immunosuppressive cytokines such as IL-10 and TGF-beta. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is one of the major complications following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Recently, some researches on the relationship between donor CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells and GVHD severity produced two contradictory conclusions: one is CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells that can prevent GVHD efficiently; the other is that GVHD is associated with the increased numbers of peripheral blood CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells. The answer to this question will provide a new idea for clinic therapy of GVHD. In this review some new research progresses in the related area, such as the CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells, the phenotype, characteristics, immunoregulatory mechanisms of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells, as well as the relation of CD4+CD25+ with GVHD were presented.