CD25+CD4+ T cells compete with naive CD4+ T cells for IL-2 and exploit it for the induction of IL-10 production

International Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-288

  Barthlott, Thomas ^a   Moncrieffe, Halima ^a   Veldhoen, Marc ^a   Atkins, Christopher J ^a   Christensen, Jillian ^a   O'Garra, Anne ^a   Stockinger, Brigitta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD25 regulation; Homeostasis; IL 10; Regulatory T cells; Suppression

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; DOWN-REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 14944386649     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh207     Document Type: Article

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