FOXP3: Not just for regulatory T cells anymore

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-23

  Ziegler, Steven F ^a  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

FOXP3; NFAT; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFATC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33846340789     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200636929     Document Type: Article

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