The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes work by Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi identifying the critical functions of Tregs in maintaining central tolerance.
(A) The relatively small population of Tregs employs diverse mechanisms to maintain tolerance and fine-tune inflammatory responses. (B) The discovery of Tregs formed the basis for Treg-targeted therapeutic approaches for a wide range of conditions.