The role of the combination of IL-2 and TGF-β or IL-10 in the generation and function of CD4+ CD25+ and CD8+ regulatory T cell subsets

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 471-478

  Horwitz, David A ^a   Zheng, Song Guo ^a   Gray, J Dixon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CD4+ CD25+; IL 10; IL 2; Regulatory cells; TGF Beta

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL FATE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; T REGULATOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0347361653     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0503228     Document Type: Review

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