Microbe-dendritic cell dialog controls regulatory T-cell fate

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 305-316

  Grainger, John R ^a   Hall, Jason A ^a   Bouladoux, Nicolas ^a   Oldenhove, Guillaume ^a   Belkaid, Yasmine ^a  

^a Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Commensal; Dendritic cell; Foxp3+; Microbe; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FATE; COMMENSAL; DENDRITIC CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DENDRITIC CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; PARASITES; PEYER'S PATCHES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 77349111702     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2009.00880.x     Document Type: Review

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