BALB/c mice have more CD4+CD25+ T regulatory cells and show greater susceptibility to suppression of their CD4+CD25 - responder T cells than C57BL/6 mice

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-121

  Chen, Xin ^a   Oppenheim, Joost J ^b   Howard, O M Zack ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Rodent; T lymphocytes; Tolerance suppression anergy

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

RODENTIA;

EID: 22144489827     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0604341     Document Type: Article

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