Rapamycin promotes expansion of functional CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells of both healthy subjects and type 1 diabetic patients.

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Published in J Immunol on December 15, 2006

Authors

Manuela Battaglia1, Angela Stabilini, Barbara Migliavacca, Jutta Horejs-Hoeck, Thomas Kaupper, Maria-Grazia Roncarolo

Author Affiliations

1: San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milan, Italy. manuela.battaglia@hsr.it

Associated clinical trials:

Rapamycin and Regulatory T Cells in Kidney Transplantation | NCT01014234

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