Regulatory t cell suppressive potency dictates the balance between bacterial proliferation and clearance during persistent Salmonella infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 31-32

  Johanns, Tanner M ^a   Ertelt, James M ^a   Rowe, Jared H ^a   Way, Sing Sing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 77958132478     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001043     Document Type: Article

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