Homeostatic regulation of T effector to Treg ratios in an area of seasonal malaria transmission

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1288-1300

  Finney, Olivia C ^a   Nwakanma, Davis ^a   Conway, David J ^a   Walther, Michael ^a   Riley, Eleanor M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Malaria; Regulation; T cells

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; TETANUS TOXOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX21;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALARIA; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GAMBIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 66349124294     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200839112     Document Type: Article

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