Regulatory CD4 T cells: Expression of IL-2Rα chain, resistance to clonal deletion and IL-2 dependency

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-378

  Papiernik, Martine ^a   De Moraes, Maria Leite ^b   Pontoux, Christiane ^a   Vasseur, Florence ^a   Pénit, Claude ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

IL 10; Mouse mammary tumor virus; Superantigen; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 7144259082     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.4.371     Document Type: Article

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