Calcineurin deficiency decreases inflammatory lesions in transforming growth factor β1-deficient mice

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-324

  Bommireddy, R ^a,b   Bueno, O F ^c   Martin, J ^d   Ormsby, I ^d   Chen, H ^a   Gard, C ^a   Molkentin, J D ^c   Boivin, G P ^e   Babcock, G F ^f,g   Doetschman, T ^a,e,h  

^a BIO5 Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology

^d Department of Molecular Genetics Biochemistry and Microbiology

^e Comparative Pathology ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CNA ; Inflammation; Knockout; T cells; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCINEURIN A ALPHA; CALCINEURIN A BETA; CALCIUM ION; CD69 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; L SELECTIN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TACROLIMUS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIRTH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CALCINEURIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 70350586948     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04015.x     Document Type: Article

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