Development and function of agonist-induced CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in the absence of interleukin 2 signaling

Nature Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1152-1159

  D'Cruz, Louise M ^a   Klein, Ludger ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 27544446622     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1264     Document Type: Article

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