The role of 2 FOXP3 isoforms in the generation of human CD4+ Tregs

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3276-3284

  Allan, Sarah E ^a   Passerini, Laura ^b   Bacchetta, Rosa ^b   Crellin, Natasha ^a   Dai, Minyue ^a   Orban, Paul C ^b,e   Ziegler, Steven F ^c   Roncarolo, Maria Grazia ^b,d   Levings, Megan K ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SAN RAFFAELE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 27644449311     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI24685     Document Type: Article

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