Natural killer T cells constitutively expressing the interleukin-2 receptor α chain early in life are primed to respond to lower antigenic stimulation

Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-299

  Ladd, Mihoko ^a,b   Sharma, Ashish ^b   Huang, Qing ^a,b   Wang, Adele Y ^a   Xu, Lixin ^b   Genowati, Indira ^a,b   Levings, Megan K ^a   Lavoie, Pascal M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cord blood; interleukin 2 receptor chain; invariant natural killer T cells; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

CD1D ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; L-SELECTIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77956332484     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2010.03304.x     Document Type: Article

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