Natural and Adaptive Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells: More of the Same or a Division of Labor?

Immunity

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-635

  Curotto de Lafaille, Maria A ^a   Lafaille, Juan J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; RETINOIC ACID; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLERGY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; NEOPLASMS; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRETINOIN;

EID: 65549123867     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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