Inhibition of clonal expansion by Foxp3 expression as a mechanism of controlled T-cell responses and autoimmune disease

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-80

  Guo, Linjie ^a   Tian, Jun ^a   Marinova, Ekaterina ^a   Zheng, Biao ^a   Han, Shuhua ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; CD4+ T cells; Foxp3; Suppressive function

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; IL2RA PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 74249087327     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939404     Document Type: Article

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