Suppression of HIV-specific and allogeneic T cell activation by human Regulatory T cells is dependent on the strength of signals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Antons, Amanda K ^a   Wang, Rui ^b   Kalams, Spyros A ^a   Unutmaz, Derya ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-2; ISOANTIGENS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 51449088613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002952     Document Type: Article

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