Comment on "cutting edge: Depletion of Foxp3+ cells leads to induction of autoimmunity by specific ablation of regulatory T cells in genetically targeted mice"

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4051-

  Wolf, Dominik ^a   Wolf, Anna Maria ^a   Tzankov, Alexandar ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST CANCER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE MICROARRAY; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NOTE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 77952761024     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1090014     Document Type: Letter

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