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SUBMITTER: Nguyen DX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4925013 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen Dao Xuan DX Ehrenstein Michael R MR
The Journal of experimental medicine 20160606 7
The interplay between inflammatory and regulatory pathways orchestrates an effective immune response that provides protection from pathogens while limiting injury to host tissue. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a pivotal inflammatory cytokine, but there is conflicting evidence as to whether it boosts or inhibits regulatory T cells (T reg cells). In this study, we show that the therapeutic anti-TNF antibody adalimumab, but not the soluble TNF receptor etanercept, paradoxically promoted the interac ...[more]