Shohei Hori

TL;DR: Foxp3, which encodes a transcription factor that is genetically defective in an autoimmune and inflammatory syndrome in humans and mice, is specifically expressed in naturally arising CD4+ regulatory T cells and retroviral gene transfer of Foxp3 converts naïve T cells toward a regulatory T cell phenotype similar to that of naturally occurring CD4+.

TL;DR: It is shown that a large bowel microbial fermentation product, butyrate, induces the differentiation of colonic Treg cells in mice and ameliorated the development of colitis induced by adoptive transfer of CD4+ CD45RBhi T cells in Rag1−/− mice.

TL;DR: Oral inoculation of Clostridium during the early life of conventionally reared mice resulted in resistance to colitis and systemic immunoglobulin E responses in adult mice, suggesting a new therapeutic approach to autoimmunity and allergy.

TL;DR: Elucidation of the molecular and cellular basis of this Treg‐mediated active maintenance of self‐tolerance will facilitate both the understanding of the pathogenetic mechanism of autoimmune disease and the development of novel methods of autoimmunity prevention and treatment via enhancing and re‐establishing T Reg‐mediated dominant control over self‐reactive T cells.

TL;DR: In this article, neutralization of circulating IL-2 by anti-IL-2 monoclonal antibody for a limited period elicits autoimmune gastritis in BALB/c mice.