Establishment of nematode infection despite increased Th2 responses and immunopathology after selective depletion of Foxp3+ cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3066-3077

  Rausch, Sebastian ^a   Huehn, Jochen ^b   Loddenkemper, Christoph ^c   Hepworth, Matthew R ^a   Klotz, Christian ^a   Sparwasser, Tim ^d   Hamann, Alf ^c   Lucius, Richard ^a   Hartmann, Susanne ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foxp3; Nematode; Pathology; Th2 response; Treg

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ANIMALS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HELIGMOSOMATOIDEA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 70449331259     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939644     Document Type: Article

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