Regulatory T cells prevent catastrophic autoimmunity throughout the lifespan of mice

Nature Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-197

  Kim, Jeong M ^a   Rasmussen, Jeffrey P ^a   Rudensky, Alexander Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL KINETICS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIFESPAN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTOIMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33846485153     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1428     Document Type: Article

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