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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Mailer RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7609600 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in pediatrics 20201021
The transcription factor FOXP3 controls the immunosuppressive program in CD4<sup>+</sup> T cells that is crucial for systemic immune regulation. Mutations of the single X-chromosomal <i>FOXP3</i> gene in male individuals cause the inherited autoimmune disease immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, and X-linked (IPEX) syndrome. Insufficient gene expression and impaired function of mutant FOXP3 protein prevent the generation of anti-inflammatory regulatory T (Treg) cells and fail t ...[more]