Regulatory T cells in the periphery

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 212, Issue , 2006, Pages 149-162

  Lohr, Jens ^a   Knoechel, Birgit ^a   Abbas, Abul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 2; Peripheral regulatory T cells; Regulatory T cells; T cell homeostasis; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33746357544     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2006.00414.x     Document Type: Review

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