Flow cytometry-based methods for studying signaling in human CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ T regulatory cells

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 324, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 92-104

  Crellin, Natasha K ^a,b   Garcia, Rosa V ^a,b   Levings, Megan K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; FOXP3; Human; Signaling; T regulatory cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 34347237623     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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