Minimally activated CD8 autoreactive T cells specific for IRBP express a high level of Foxp3 and are functionally suppressive

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2178-2184

  Peng, Yong ^a   Shao, Hui ^a   Ke, Yan ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Han, Gencheng ^a   Kaplan, Henry J ^a   Sun, Deming ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; CD8 ANTIGEN; EYE PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; RETINOL-BINDING GLYCOPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UVEITIS, POSTERIOR;

EID: 34250157039     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1189     Document Type: Article

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