«Now we can try to target this region on Foxp3 to either enhance or reduce the impact of Tregs for treatment of autoimmune disease or cancer, respectively,» Zheng adds. (salk.edu)
«Thus, we hope that its potential as a powerful therapeutic agent for the treatment of autoimmune diseases will facilitate its use in future clinical trials.» (sciencedaily.com)
But if researchers can figure out how to train the immune system to tolerate transplants, the knowledge could have implications for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, which also result from unwanted immune attack — in these cases on some of the body's own tissues. (science.sciencemag.org)