Cutting edge: IL-2 is essential for TGF-β-mediated induction of Foxp3+ T regulatory cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 4022-4026

  Davidson, Todd S ^a   DiPaolo, Richard J ^a   Andersson, John ^a   Shevach, Ethan M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL GROWTH; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SUPPRESSOR CELL;

EID: 33947644716     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.7.4022     Document Type: Article

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