Human CD4+ regulatory T cells express lower levels of the IL-7 receptor alpha chain (CD127), allowing consistent identification and sorting of live cells

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 41-52

  Hartigan O'Connor, Dennis J ^a   Poon, Chungkee ^a   Sinclair, Elizabeth ^a   McCune, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell surface molecules; Human; T cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

MACACA MULATTA; MUS;

EID: 33846283803     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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