The hidden truth about gene expression in Tregs: Is it what you don't see that counts?

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1360-1363

  Cobbold, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anergy; CD4 T cells; Gene expression; Regulatory T cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CLONAL ANERGY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE MODEL; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYBRIDOMA CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CLONAL ANERGY; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33745361752     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200636171     Document Type: Note

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