Gut flora antigens are not important in the maintenance of regulatory T cell heterogeneity and homeostasis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1916-1923

  Min, Booki ^a,b   Thornton, Angela ^a   Caucheteux, Stephan M ^a   Younes, Souheil Antoine ^a   Oh, Keunhee ^b   Hu Li, Jane ^a   Paul, William E ^a  

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

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BrdU; Dynamics; Germ free; Homeostasis; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CLONAL ANERGY; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD44; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 34447580869     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737236     Document Type: Article

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