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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Treg cell plasticity as a driver of inflammation in spondyloarthritis and psoriasis.

Ingrid Itzayanna Ortega-Mejia, Nayeli Romero-López, Julio César Casasola-Vargas, Rubén Burgos-Vargas, María Lilia Domínguez-López, José Pablo Romero-López

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. FOXP3+ T Cells-An Emerging Evidence in Periodontitis Therapeutics.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ingrid Itzayanna Ortega-MejiaLaboratorio de Patogénesis Molecular, Edificio A4, Carrera de Médico Cirujano, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla de Baz, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
Nayeli Romero-LópezLaboratorio de Patogénesis Molecular, Edificio A4, Carrera de Médico Cirujano, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla de Baz, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.
Julio César Casasola-VargasDepartment of Rheumatology Hospital General Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
Rubén Burgos-VargasDepartment of Rheumatology Hospital General Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
María Lilia Domínguez-LópezLaboratorio de Inmunoquímica 1, Posgrado en Ciencias Quimicobiológicas, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
José Pablo Romero-LópezLaboratorio de Patogénesis Molecular, Edificio A4, Carrera de Médico Cirujano, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tlalnepantla de Baz, Estado de Mexico, Mexico.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are critical for maintaining immune tolerance by suppressing effector T cell responses. However, in chronic inflammatory diseases such as spondyloarthritis (SpA) and psoriasis (PsO), Tregs can lose their stability and acquire pro-inflammatory characteristics, a phenomenon known as Treg plasticity. Under inflammatory conditions, Tregs may downregulate FoxP3, upregulate RORγt, and produce cytokines such as IL-17 and IFN-γ, thus losing their suppressive function and contributing to disease progression. In SpA, altered numbers and impaired Treg function have been identified in peripheral blood and synovial fluid. Specific subsets, such as CD161

Indexed as

Cell PlasticityInflammationPsoriasisSpondylarthritisT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsCytokinesHumansTh17 CellsCytokinesIL-17psoriasisspondyloarthritisTreg cellsTreg plasticity

Identifiers

PMID40777039
PMCPMC12328343

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