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Tumor necrosis factor receptor <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">II<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content>) has been recognized as a key receptor on these cells that facilitates expansion and stabilization of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4+ Treg cells. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the therapeutic activity of a novel <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content> agonist in experimental arthritis as well as the role of different Treg cell subsets.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A novel mouse <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content>\u2013selective fusion protein (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EHD<\/jats:styled-content>2\u2010sc\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTNF<jats:sub>R<\/jats:sub><\/jats:styled-content><jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) was generated by genetic engineering. Mouse T cells were incubated together with interleukin\u20102 and\/or <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EHD<\/jats:styled-content>2\u2010sc\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTNF<jats:sub>R<\/jats:sub><\/jats:styled-content><jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>, and the effects on Treg cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Mice with collagen\u2010induced arthritis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CIA<\/jats:styled-content>) were treated with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EHD<\/jats:styled-content>2\u2010sc\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTNF<jats:sub>R<\/jats:sub><\/jats:styled-content><jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> or saline, and the therapeutic effects were monitored and characterized.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Selective activation of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content> was found to expand both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4+ and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8+ Treg cells. Moreover, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content> activation elevated the number of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4+<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>25+ and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8+<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>25+ Treg cells and increased the number of FoxP3\u2010expressing cells in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8+, but not <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4+, Treg cells, indicating different mechanisms of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010induced expansion of diverse T cell subsets with suppressive activity. In the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CIA<\/jats:styled-content> model, we demonstrated that administration of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content> agonist <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">EHD<\/jats:styled-content>2\u2010sc\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">mTNF<jats:sub>R<\/jats:sub><\/jats:styled-content><jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> led to the expansion of both <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>4+ and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CD<\/jats:styled-content>8+ Treg cells in\u00a0vivo and induced antiinflammatory responses that alleviated arthritis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our findings support the use of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TNFRII<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010selective therapeutics as an effective approach to the treatment of arthritic disease and possibly other inflammatory and autoimmune 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