Immune suppressive activity and lack of T helper differentiation are differentially regulated in natural regulatory T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3583-3590

  Zeng, Wei Ping ^a,b   Chang, Chawnshang ^b   Lai, Jiann Jyh ^b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APELIN RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; RETINOIC ACID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA T; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 17;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 70349334306     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900146     Document Type: Article

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