Selection of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells specific for self antigen expressed and presented by Aire+ medullary thymic epithelial cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-358

  Aschenbrenner, Katharina ^a   D'Cruz, Louise M ^a,c   Vollmann, Elisabeth H ^a,d   Hinterberger, Maria ^a   Emmerich, Jan ^a   Swee, Lee Kim ^b   Rolink, Antonius ^b   Klein, Ludger ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34248598295     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1444     Document Type: Article

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