TGFβ regulates the CD4+CD25+ T-cell pool and the expression of Foxp3 in vivo

International Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1241-1249

  Schramm, Christoph ^a   Huber, Samuel ^a   Protschka, Martina ^a   Czochra, P ^a   Burg, Jürgen ^a   Schmitt, Edgar ^a   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a   Galle, Peter R ^a   Blessing, Manfred ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

IL 10; Regulatory T cells; TGF signaling; Thymus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; CD2 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD2; ANTIGENS, CD4; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 4544357207     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxh126     Document Type: Article

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