Expression of FoxP3, a key molecule in CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells, in adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma cells

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-84

  Karube, Kennosuke ^a,b   Ohshima, Koichi ^a   Tsuchiya, Takeshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Takahiro ^a   Kawano, Riko ^a   Suzumiya, Junji ^a   Utsunomiya, Atae ^c   Harada, Mine ^b   Kikuchi, Masahiro ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IMAMURA BUN IN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukaemia lymphoma; CD4+CD25+ T cells; FoxP3; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOMA CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD4; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 3042838753     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.04999.x     Document Type: Article

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