Oestradiol potentiates the suppressive function of human CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells by promoting their proliferation

Immunology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-65

  Prieto, G Aleph ^a   Rosenstein, Yvonne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Human Treg cells; Oestrogens; Pregnancy; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33645824326     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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