Upregulation of Foxp3 expression in mouse and human Treg is IL-2/STAT5 dependent: Implications for the NOD STAT5B mutation in diabetes pathogenesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1079, Issue , 2006, Pages 198-204

  Murawski, Matthew R ^a   Litherland, Sally A ^a   Clare Salzler, Michael J ^a   Davoodi Semiromi, Abdoreza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD25; Foxp3; IL 2; Natural regulatory T cell; STAT5

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; N BENZYL 2 CYANO 3 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ACRYLAMIDE; STAT5 PROTEIN; STAT5B PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STAINING; UPREGULATION;

EID: 33845702595     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1375.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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