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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Future Virol. 2012 Jun;7(6):593–608. doi: 10.2217/fvl.12.44

Table 2.

Tregs in viral infections.

Virus Organism Comments Ref.
Possible detrimental role
Friend virus Mouse Suppress CTL responses enhancing viral replication [39,4850]
TMEV Mouse Suppress CTL responses enhancing viral replication [78]
HIV Human May suppress CTL responses enhancing viral replication [52,53]
Possible protective role
WNV Mouse Suppress immunopathology [46]
HSV Mouse Modulate immune responses and prolong survival [47]
MHV Mouse Suppress immunopathology [76,77]
CVB3 Mouse Suppress immunopathology [118]

CTL: Cytotoxic T lymphocyte; CVB3: Coxsackie virus B3; MHV: Mouse hepatitis virus; TMEV: Theiler’s murine encephalitis virus; WNV: West Nile virus.