A function for interleukin 2 in Foxp3-expressing regulatory T cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1142-1151

  Fontenot, Jason D ^a,b   Rasmussen, Jeffrey P ^a   Gavin, Marc A ^a   Rudensky, Alexander Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 27544481941     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1263     Document Type: Article

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