Indexation as a novel mechanism of lymphocyte homeostasis: The number of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells is indexed to the number of IL-2-producing cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 192-200

  Almeida, Afonso R M ^a,b   Zaragoza, Bruno ^a   Freitas, Antonio A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 33745296472     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.1.192     Document Type: Article

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