Atypical memory phenotype T cells with low homeostatic potential and impaired TCR signaling and regulatory T cell function in Foxn1 Δ/Δ mutant mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 8153-8163

  Xiao, Shiyun ^a   Su, Dong Ming ^a,b   Manley, Nancy R ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOXN1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MUTANT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; WHN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 40049100386     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.12.8153     Document Type: Article

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