Instability of the transcription factor Foxp3 leads to the generation of pathogenic memory T cells in vivo

Nature Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1000-1007

  Zhou, Xuyu ^a   Bailey Bucktrout, Samantha L ^a   Jeker, Lukas T ^a   Penaranda, Cristina ^a   Martínez Llordella, Marc ^c   Ashby, Meredith ^a   Nakayama, Maki ^b   Rosenthal, Wendy ^a   Bluestone, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD24 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-2; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 69049107358     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.1774     Document Type: Article

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