Hi, Dan,
Suppresor T cells do exist: they are CD4+CD25+ T cells, and they express IL-10 to downregulate the immune response. Try "CD4+CD25+ suppresor IL-10" in PubMed.
Bye,
Luciana
Earthlink wrote:
> "Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary" describes "suppresser T cells" as
> though
> they exist, while an immunology book mentions that suppressor T cells may be
> myth.
> Do they exist? Would a suppresser T cell simply be an
> interleukin-10-producing
> Helper T cell that stopped "seeing" interleukin-12?
> Thanks!
> Dan
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