Autoimmune regulator deficiency results in decreased expression of CCR4 and CCR7 ligands and in delayed migration of CD4+ thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 7682-7691

  Laan, Martti ^a   Kisand, Kai ^a   Kont, Vivian ^a   Möll, Kaidi ^a   Tserel, Liina ^a   Scott, Hamish S ^b,c   Peterson, Pärt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; B7 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CCR4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CCR7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIGAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYMOCYTE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIGRATION INHIBITION; MOUSE MUTANT; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL MIGRATION INHIBITION; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, CCR4; RECEPTORS, CCR7; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 76249101988     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0804133     Document Type: Article

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