Expansion of activated regulatory T cells inversely correlates with clinical severity in septic neonates

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
• ² University Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," Rome, Italy.
• ³ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy; Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Rome, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Gynecological Obstetrics Sciences and Urological Sciences, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
• ⁵ Emergency Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
• ⁷ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Neonatology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy; Pasteur Institute-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: vincenzo.barnaba@uniroma1.it.
• ⁹ University Department of Pediatrics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, University of Rome "Tor Vergata," Rome, Italy. Electronic address: paolo.rossi@opbg.net.