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    T-cell-mediated Immune Regulation in the GI Tract

    Reviewed and edited by a celiac disease expert.

    A team of Swiss researchers recently set out to examine the nature of T cell-mediated immuno-regulation in the gastrointestinal tract. The research team was made up of doctors L. Saurer and C. Mueller of the Institute of Pathology at the University of Bern in Switzerland.

    In the human intestinal tract, just a single layer of epithelial cells divides innate and adaptive immune effector cells from a wide array of antigens. Here, the immune system faces a tall task in accepting beneficial flora and dietary antigens while preventing the dissemination of potential pathogens. When the tightly controlled process of immune system reactions breaks down, harmful inflammation and damage may result.

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    In light of this, a great deal of focus has shifted toward 'conventional' regulatory CD4+ T cells, including naturally occurring and adaptive CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+ T cells, Th3 and Tr1 cells.

    However, control mechanisms in the intestinal mucosa are highly intricate, and include adaptations of non-haematopoietic cells and innate immune cells in addition to the presence of unconventional T cells with regulatory properties such as resident TCRγδ or TCRαβ CD8+ intraepithelial lymphocytes.

    In the study, L. Saurer and C. Mueller seek to provide an overview of the present body of knowledge on standard and non-standard regulatory T cell subsets (Tregs), with particular focus on clinical data and the potential role or malfunctioning of Tregs in four major human gastrointestinal diseases, i.e. inflammatory bowel diseases, celiac disease, food allergy and colorectal cancer.

    Their data confirms most of the findings derived from experimental animal models, and has implications for clinical immunology, food allergy, immunoregulation, immunotherapy, mucosal immunology, and regulatory T cell protocols. Their findings appear in the February 2009 issue of Allergy.




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    Jefferson Adams is Celiac.com's senior writer and Digital Content Director. He earned his B.A. and M.F.A. at Arizona State University. His articles, essays, poems, stories and book reviews have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and websites, including North American Project, Antioch Review, Caliban, Mississippi Review, Slate, and more. He is the author of more than 2,500 articles on celiac disease. His university coursework includes studies in science, scientific methodology, biology, anatomy, physiology, medicine, logic, and advanced research. He previously devised health and medical content for Colgate, Dove, Pfizer, Sharecare, Walgreens, and more. Jefferson has spoken about celiac disease to the media, including an appearance on the KQED radio show Forum, and is the editor of numerous books, including "Cereal Killers" by Scott Adams and Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.

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