Regulatory T-cell functions are subverted and converted owing to attenuated Foxp3 expression

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7129, 2007, Pages 766-770

  Wan, Yisong Y ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

DISEASE; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMUS;

MUS;

EID: 33847125247     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05479     Document Type: Article

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