New knowledge reserve for medical graduates: Phenotypes and functions of tissue-resident regulatory T cells / 医学研究生学报

ABSTRACT

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play important roles in immune homeostasis and tolerance.Recently, several characteristic studies on tissue-resident Tregs have been drawing wide attention.Some tissue-resident Tregs express some special molecules and are involved in the regulation of local tissue functions apart from immune regulation.This article focuses on the functions of some tissue-resident Tregs, such as fat-resident Tregs participating in the regulation of insulin resistance, muscle-resident Tregs in the regeneration and repair of damaged skeletal muscle, and thyroid-resident Tregs in the regulation of thyroid function, aiming to help medical graduates further understand the phenotypes and functions of tissue-resident Tregs.