Impaired regulatory T cell function in germ-free mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2336-2346

  Östman, Sofia ^a   Rask, Carola ^b   Wold, Agnes E ^b   Hultkrantz, Suzanne ^a   Telemo, Esbjörn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Regulatory T cells; Spleen; Suppression; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM-FREE LIFE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-13; LYMPH NODES; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33748855345     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535244     Document Type: Article

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