Development and function of CD25+CD4+ regulatory T cells

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-208

  Fehérvari, Zoltán ^a   Sakaguchi, Shimon ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cell; APC; CTLA 4; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 4; DC; Dendritic cell; GC; GITR; Glucocorticoid; Glucocorticoid induced TNF receptor family related protein; IL; Interleukin; T cell receptor; TCR; TGF

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOXP3 GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SELF TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 1542368420     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2004.01.004     Document Type: Review

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