CD4 regulatory T cells prevent lethal autoimmunity in IL-2Rβ-deficient mice: Implications for the nonredundant function of IL-2

Immunity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-178

  Malek, Thomas R ^a   Yu, Aixin ^a   Vincek, Vladimir ^a   Scibelli, Paul ^a   Kong, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0036669298     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(02)00367-9     Document Type: Article

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