Regulation of the NFAT pathway discriminates CD4+CD25 + regulatory T cells from CD4+CD25- helper T cells

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 708-717

  Sumpter, Tina L ^a   Payne, Kyle K ^a   Wilkes, David S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; Cyclosporine A; Gsk3 ; TGF

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; CALCIUM; CD4 ANTIGEN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; NFATC1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NFATC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD4; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MICE; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 43349094702     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0507321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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