Competition controls the rate of transition between the peripheral pools of CD4+CD25- and CD4+CD25+ T cells

International Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1607-1613

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

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33750214514     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxl093     Document Type: Article

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