Salk Researchers Discover that Cutting off Energy Production in Regulatory T Cells Impairs their Fun (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Salk Researchers Discover that Cutting off Energy Production in Regulatory T Cells Impairs their Fun

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Skin samples from mice whose regulatory immune cells (Tregs) lack the Lkb1 protein (bottom) are under attack from other immune cells (purple dots) compared to normal mice whose Tregs have the Lkb1 protein (top).

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