Regulatory T cells - A brief history and perspective

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Sakaguchi, Shimon ^a,b   Wing, Kajsa ^a   Miyara, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD25; Foxp3; IL 2; Immunological self tolerance; IPEX; Regulatory T cells; Suppressor T cells

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IPEX SYNDROME; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS; THYROIDITIS; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 36249024247     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737593     Document Type: Article

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