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Attack on the clones? Human FOXP3 detection by PCH101, 236A/E7, 206D, and 259D reveals 259D as the outlier with lower sensitivity

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To the editor: We read with great interest the report by Tran and colleagues in which the authors studied the induction of FOXP3 in naive human T cells.[1][1] The authors state that, in the absence of exogenous TGF-β, only a minor subset of activated human T cells express FOXP3. In contrast,

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  • There is a general consensus that the 236A/E7 and 259D anti-human FOXP3 Ab clones are optimal.

    “Several studies have compared different anti-human FOXP3 Ab clones, and although there is some debate, there is a general consensus that the 236A/E7 and 259D clones are optimal [394-398].”

    From Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (third edition) (2021) · cites this paper as [398]

    In the letter’s comparison of antibody clones (pp. 463–464), 236A/E7 performs similarly to PCH101 and 206D, but 259D misses FOXP3 expression detected by the other clones. The authors explicitly call 259D an outlier and a less sensitive detector, contrary to describing it as optimal. (LLM, conf=0.93)

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Authors
Pillai, V., & Karandikar, N. J.
Venue
Blood
Published
2008-01-01
Volume
111
Issue
1
Pages
463-464
ISSN
  • 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1528-0020
OpenAlex
W2082382293
Cited by
38
References
7
Citations by year
2021: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Blood (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI053439)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Keywords
Foxp3, TGF-beta, T cell activation, Treg induction
MeSH terms
Flow Cytometry, Humans, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory, Forkhead Transcription Factors

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