Restricted TCR-α CDR3 diversity disadvantages natural regulatory T cell development in the B6.2.16 β-chain transgenic mouse

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3408-3416

  Singh, Yogesh ^a,b   Ferreira, Cristina ^b   Chan, Andrew C Y ^b   Dyson, Julian ^b   Garden, Oliver A ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CHIMERA; CLONE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD4; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONE CELLS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 78649880943     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001088     Document Type: Article

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