Cutting Edge: TGF-β Induces a Regulatory Phenotype in CD4 +CD25- T Cells through Foxp3 Induction and Down-Regulation of Smad7

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5149-5153

  Fantini, Massimo C ^a   Becker, Christoph ^a   Monteleone, Giovanni ^b   Pallone, Francesco ^b   Galle, Peter R ^a   Neurath, Markus F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 2142645808     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.9.5149     Document Type: Article

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