CD4 T cells, lymphopenia, and IL-7 in a multistep pathway to autoimmunity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2999-3004

  Calzascia, Thomas ^a   Pellegrini, Marc ^a   Lin, Albert ^a   Garza, Kristine M ^a,b   Elford, Alisha R ^a   Shahinian, Arda ^a   Ohashi, Pamela S ^a   Mak, Tak W ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8 T cells; Cyclophosphamide; Cytokines; Dendritic cells; Lymphocyte homeostasis

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

MUS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 42949131224     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0712135105     Document Type: Article

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