Early events in the thymus affect the balance of effector and regulatory T cells

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7122, 2006, Pages 1073-1077

  Pennington, Daniel J ^a,b   Silva Santos, Bruno ^a,c   Silberzahn, Tobias ^a   Escórcio Correia, Mónica ^a   Woodward, Martin J ^d   Roberts, Scott J ^e   Smith, Adrian L ^f   Dyson, P Julian ^g   Hayday, Adrian C ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^g HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MUTATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EFFECTOR CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STEM CELL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845879342     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06051     Document Type: Article

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