Increased CD127 expression on activated FOXP3+CD4+ regulatory T cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2528-2538

  Simonetta, Federico ^a,b   Chiali, Amel ^a,b   Cordier, Corinne ^a,c   Urrutia, Alejandra ^a,b   Girault, Isabelle ^a,b   Bloquet, Stéphane ^b   Tanchot, Corinne ^a,c   Bourgeois, Christine ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

(IL 7Ra); CD127; IL 7; Treg

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STAT5 PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 77956475716     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040531     Document Type: Article

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