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2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Immune Tolerance Developmental System from Fetal to Childhood with a Focus on Helios

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22K20850
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section 0902:General internal medicine and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Mutoh Hiroshi  東京大学, 医学部附属病院, 助教 (60968262)

Project Period (FY) 2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
KeywordsHelios / IKZF2 / 免疫寛容 / ナイーブT細胞 / 臍帯血 / 新生児 / 小児
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Helios (gene name: IKZF2) is a known marker of regulatory T cells and is negative in naive CD4+ T cells. In this study, using flow cytometry, Western blotting, and real-time PCR, we analyzed each age group (from neonatal period including preterm birth to infants, children, young adults, and older adults). We found that Helios expression is highly expressed in young, including neonatal and childhood, but that it Helios expression is high in the young, such as in newborns and children, but decreases with growth and aging.

Free Research Field

小児医学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ヒトの免疫機能は、免疫記憶の獲得など成長・老化によって変化するが、免疫寛容と免疫応答のバランスも世代によって変化していく。新生児期や小児期は細菌感染症などが重篤しやすい一方で、一部の過剰な免疫応答が原因と思われる感染症(麻疹・風疹や新型コロナウイルス感染など)については成人ほど重篤化しない。これらの現象は免疫寛容優位から免疫応答優位に成長・老化によって変化していくことが原因の一つとして考えられる。
今回の研究で見出されたナイーブCD4+ T細胞でのHelios発現の変化は、新生児期から小児期に見られる免疫寛容優位などの特徴と、成長・加齢に伴う変化と深く結びついている可能性が考えられる。

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Published: 2025-01-30  

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