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SUBMITTER: Letourneau S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2836659 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Létourneau Sven S van Leeuwen Ester M M EM Krieg Carsten C Martin Chris C Pantaleo Giuseppe G Sprent Jonathan J Surh Charles D CD Boyman Onur O
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100119 5
IL-2 is crucial to T cell homeostasis, especially of CD4(+) T regulatory cells and memory CD8(+) cells, as evidenced by vigorous proliferation of these cells in vivo following injections of superagonist IL-2/anti-IL-2 antibody complexes. The mechanism of IL-2/anti-IL-2 antibody complexes is unknown owing to a lack of understanding of IL-2 homeostasis. We show that IL-2 receptor alpha (CD25) plays a crucial role in IL-2 homeostasis. Thus, prolongation of IL-2 half-life and blocking of CD25 using ...[more]