Emerging possibilities in the development and function of regulatory T cells

International Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 991-1000

  Wing, Kajsa ^a   Fehérvári, Zoltán ^a   Sakaguchi, Shimon ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive regulatory T cell; CTLA 4; Foxp3; Natural regulatory T cells; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLERGY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROBIAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; THYMUS; TRANSPLANTATION; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 33745288812     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxl044     Document Type: Review

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