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. 2021 Jun 14;57(6):621. doi: 10.3390/medicina57060621

Table 1.

Effects of TGF-β in Τ-cell physiology and development.

TGF-β
  • Stimulates naive CD4+ T-cells transformation to effector T-cells

  • Suppresses the proliferation and differentiation of effector T-cells via inhibition of Th2-produced IL-2

  • Alters the type of produced cytokines and mediates phenotypic metamorphosis among effector T-cells

  • Enhances TNF production by both CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells

  • Enhances the proliferation of CD8+ cells (in experimental mouse models)

  • Stimulates transformation of nTregs to iTregs via increased Foxp3 expression

  • Promotes Treg-induced inhibition of the exocytosis of granules

  • Inhibits the generation and activation of CTLs

  • Suppresses the cytotoxicity of the CTLs via the transcriptional regression of genes encoding proteins, which are vital for CTLs function