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In this work, we study this dichotomy by examining how regulation of the immune system affects the response to CNS trauma. We show that, in response to CNS injury, Teff and Treg subsets in the CNS-draining deep cervical lymph nodes are activated, and surgical resection of these lymph nodes results in impaired neuronal survival. Depletion of Treg, not surprisingly, induces a robust Teff response in the draining lymph nodes and is associated with impaired neuronal survival. Interestingly, however, injection of exogenous Treg cells, which limits the spontaneous beneficial immune response after CNS injury, also impairs neuronal survival. We found that no Treg accumulate at the site of CNS injury, and that changes in Treg numbers do not alter the amount of infiltration by other immune cells into the site of injury. The phenotype of macrophages at the site, however, is affected: both addition and removal of Treg negatively impact the numbers of macrophages with alternatively activated (tissue-building) phenotype. Our data demonstrate that neuronal survival after CNS injury is impaired when Treg cells are either removed or added. With this exacerbation of neurodegeneration seen with both addition and depletion of Treg, we recommend exercising extreme caution when considering the therapeutic targeting of Treg cells after CNS injury, and possibly in chronic neurodegenerative conditions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4049\/jimmunol.1302401","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,10,16]],"date-time":"2014-10-16T01:07:29Z","timestamp":1413421649000},"page":"5013-5022","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":85,"title":["Regulatory T Cells in Central Nervous System Injury: A Double-Edged Sword"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"193","author":[{"given":"James T","family":"Walsh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jingjing","family":"Zheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Institute of Neurosciences, Fourth Military Medical University , Xi'an 710038 ,","place":["China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Igor","family":"Smirnov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ulrike","family":"Lorenz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beirne Carter Center for Immunology Research, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kenneth","family":"Tung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jonathan","family":"Kipnis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"},{"name":"Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine, University of Virginia , Charlottesville, VA 22908"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025030707443615700_r1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1006\/exnr.1998.6811","article-title":"Degeneration of spared axons following partial white matter lesion: implications for optic nerve neuropathies","volume":"153","author":"Yoles","year":"1998","journal-title":"Exp. 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