Homeostasis of T cell numbers: From thymus production to peripheral compartmentalization and the indexation of regulatory T cells

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-249

  Almeida, Afonso R M ^a   Rocha, Benedita ^b   Freitas, Antonio A ^a   Tanchot, Corine ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; Peripheral lymphocyte repertoires; Peripheral T cell pools; Regulatory T cells; T cell competition; T cell replacement

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

EID: 16844383898     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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