CD4+CD25+ immunoregulatory T cells suppress polyclonal T cell activation in vitro by inhibiting interleukin 2 production

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 287-296

  Thornton, Angela M ^a   Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Interleukin 2; Interleukin 2 receptor chain (CD25); Self tolerance; Suppressor T cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031821875     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.188.2.287     Document Type: Article

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