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In this study, we examined the role of hepatic Tregs in immune-mediated liver injury by using the murine Con A-induced hepatitis model. Con A treatment was associated with an increased number of Foxp3+ Tregs in liver but not in spleen. Moreover, the expression levels of Foxp3, CTLA-4, glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor, as well as the frequency of CD103 of Tregs were increased after Con A injection, being significantly higher in liver than in spleen. Depleting CD25+ cells aggravated liver injury, whereas adoptively transferring CD25+ cells or Tregs reduced liver injury in Con A-treated recipients. Con A treatment induced elevated serum levels and hepatic mononuclear mRNA expressions of TGF-\u03b2, which were reduced by Tregs depletion. In addition, anti-TGF-\u03b2 mAbs blocked the suppressive function of Tregs from Con A-treated mice in vitro. Finally, TGF-\u03b2 receptor II dominant-negative mice, whose T cells express a dominant negative form of TGF\u03b2RII and therefore cannot respond to TGF-\u03b2, had a higher mortality rate and severer liver injury than normal mice injected with the same dose of Con A. 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