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Comment
. 2006 May;55(5):604-6.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.083592.

T regulatory cell suppression of colitis: the role of TGF-beta

R Duchmann  1 , M Zeitz
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T regulatory cell suppression of colitis: the role of TGF-beta

R Duchmann et al. Gut. 2006 May.

Abstract

Transforming growth factor β (TGF‐β) and interleukin 2 may be involved in IBD peripheral regulatory T cell pathophysiology, raising the possibility of therapeutic application of TGF‐β induced regulatory T cells in IBD patients

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