... homeostasis, maintenance of tolerance,and prevention of the onset of autoimmune disease. Theirexistence is no longer in question, but true to their historythese cells, their origin, generation, ... CD4+CD25– T cells, together with TCR antigenstimulation, into the regulatory phenotype. Elemental to thisconversion process is induction of expression of the forkheadtranscription factor, Foxp3. This ... intersection points of such pathways await further study. Among the factors thatcontribute to the regulation of TGF-β in CD4+CD25+Tregare CD28, cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4,glucocorticoid-induced...