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Reduced expression of the regulatory CD4+ T cell subset is related to Th1/Th2 balance and disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis.
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Abstract
To elucidate the involvement of the regulatory CD4+ T cells that produce high levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and low levels of IL-4 and IL-2 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we investigated whether the frequency of this type of CD4+ T cell subset in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) or synovial lymphocyte infiltrates of patients with RA correlated with disease severity and histologic features in rheumatoid synovium.