Regulatory T-cell expansion during chronic viral infection is dependent on endogenous retroviral superantigens

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3677-3682

  Punkosdy, George A ^a   Blain, Melissa ^a   Glass, Deborah D ^a   Lozano, Mary M ^b   O'Mara, Leigh ^c   Dudley, Jaquelin P ^b   Ahmed, Rafi ^c   Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; SUPERANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENOME; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MUS;

EID: 79952755703     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100213108     Document Type: Article

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