Immunological tolerance and regulatory T cells

The role of the CCL1-CCR8 axis in controlling inflammatory autoimmunity within the central nervous system.

Submitted (2016).
Barsheshet, Y., Wildbaum, G., Levy, E., Vitenshtein, A., Akinseye, C., Griggs, G., Lira, S.A. & Karin, N.
The manuscript defines a novel chemokine that regulates the biological functions of FOXp3- CD4+ of inflammatory.


Antigen-specific CD25- Foxp3- IFN-gamma(high) CD4+ T cells restrain the development of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis by suppressing Th17.

2010
Wildbaum, G., Zohar, Y. & Karin, N.Am J Pathol 176, 2764-2775 (2010).
The manuscript defines a novel chemokine that regulates the biological functions of effector TH17 CD4+ of inflammatory autoimmune diseases.


CXCL12 (SDF-1{alpha}) suppresses ongoing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by selecting antigen-specific regulatory T cells.

2008
Meiron, M., Zohar, Y., Anunu, R., Wildbaum, G. & Karin, N.J Exp Med 205, 2643-2655 (2008).
This is the very first manuscript that defined anti-inflammatory chemokines that direct the polarization of regulatory T cells.


Coadministration of plasmid DNA constructs encoding an encephalitogenic determinant and IL-10 elicits regulatory T cell-mediated protective immunity in the central nervous system.

2006
Schif-Zuck, S., Wildbaum, G. & Karin, N.J Immunol 177, 8241-8247 (2006).
This manuscript uses a novel technique to select in vivo IL-10high T-regs.


Tr1 cell-dependent active tolerance blunts the pathogenic effects of determinant spreading.

2002
Wildbaum, G., Netzer, N. & Karin, N.J Clin Invest 110, 701-710. (2002).
This is the very first manuscript that defines the role of IL-10high regulatory T cells in inflammatory autoimmunity within the central nervous system