Homeostatic proliferation in the mice with germline FoxP3 mutation and its contribution to fatal autoimmunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2399-2406

  Chang, Xing ^a   Zheng, Pan ^a   Liu, Yang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ERBB2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ATROPHY; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 53149085302     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.4.2399     Document Type: Article

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