Levels of Foxp3 in regulatory T cells reflect their functional status in transplantation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-153

  Chauhan, Sunil K ^a   Saban, Daniel R ^a   Lee, Hyung K ^a   Dana, Reza ^a,b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; CYTOKINE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOGRAFT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOKINES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GRAFT REJECTION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC;

EID: 59849093427     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.182.1.148     Document Type: Article

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