Cutting Edge: IL-2 is critically required for the in vitro activation of CD4+CD25+ T cell suppressor function

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6519-6523

  Thornton, Angela M ^a   Donovan, Erin E ^a   Piccirillo, Ciriaco A ^a,b   Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 2442637772     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.11.6519     Document Type: Article

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