Thymic selection of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells induced by an agonist self-peptide

Nature Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 301-306

  Jordan, Martha S ^a   Boesteanu, Alina ^a   Reed, Amy J ^a   Petrone, Andria L ^a   Holenbeck, Andrea E ^a   Lerman, Melissa A ^a   Naji, Ali ^b   Caton, Andrew J ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHENOTYPE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SELF TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0035320679     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/86302     Document Type: Article

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