A T cell which regulates overall immune responses as well as the responses of other T cell subsets through direct cell-cell contact and cytokine release. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 ]
Synonyms: regulatory T lymphocyte regulatory T-cell Treg regulatory T-lymphocyte
Term information
- FMA:84070
- BTO:0004520
This cell type may express FoxP3 and CD25 and secretes IL-10 and TGF-beta.
suppressor T-cell
cell