Maintenance of the Foxp3-dependent developmental program in mature regulatory T cells requires continued expression of Foxp3

Nature Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-284

  Williams, Luke M ^a   Rudensky, Alexander Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 34247271308     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1437     Document Type: Article

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