The authors wish to thank Drs Shuping Zhou and Zeqing Niu for their kind review of the manuscript, Ms ling Wang, Mr Yabing Liu and Ms Xiaoqiu Liu for their expert technical assistance, Ms Qinghuan Li and ]ianxia Peng for their excellent laboratory management and Mr Baisheng Ren for his outstanding animal husbandry. This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation (C81072396, U0832003, YZ; C31171407 and 81273201, GL), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2010CB945301, YZ) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences for Distinguished Young Scientists (KSCX2-EW-Q-7, GL).
CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in maintaining host immune tolerance via regulation of the phenotype and function of the innate and adaptive immune cells. Whether allogeneic CD4+CD25+...
grants from the National Basic Research Program of China(973 program,2010CB945301);National Natural Science Foundation for Key Programs(30630060).
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