Regulatory T cells selectively express toll-like receptors and are activated by lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-411

  Caramalho, Iris ^a   Lopes Carvalho, Thiago ^a   Ostler, Dominique ^a   Zelenay, Santiago ^a   Haury, Matthias ^a   Demengeot, Jocelyne ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Innate immunity; Lymphocytes; Regulation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LIGAND; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UPREGULATION; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 0037450804     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20021633     Document Type: Article

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