Thymic regulation of autoimmune disease by accelerated differentiation of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells through IL-7 signaling pathway

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 6135-6144

  Chen, Xi ^a   Fang, Lei ^a   Song, Shengli ^b   Guo, Taylor B ^a   Liu, Ailian ^a   Zhang, Jingwu Z ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Institute of Immunology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ADULT; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STROMA CELL; THYMUS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GLYCOPROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-7; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77954230937     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901576     Document Type: Article

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