Shaping of the autoreactive regulatory T cell repertoire by thymic cortical positive selection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 6741-6748

  Ribot, Julie ^a,b   Enault, Geneviève ^a,b   Pilipenko, Sylvie ^c   Huchenq, Anne ^c   Calise, Maryline ^c   Hudrisier, Denis ^d,e   Romagnoli, Paola ^a,b   Van Meerwijk, Joost P M ^a,b,e,f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b France   (France)

^c IFR 30   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE;

AGONIST; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STEM CELL; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEPTIDES; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 38449091619     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.10.6741     Document Type: Article

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