CD4 and congestive heart failure: Moreover, the nTreg/mTreg ratio (p<0.01), CD4+CD25+FOXP3+CD45RO− CD45RA+CD31+ recent thymic emigrant Treg cell (RTE-Treg) frequency (p<0.01), and T-cell receptor excision circle levels in Treg cells (p<0.01) were lower in CHF patients than in non-CHF controls.