Becoming self-aware: The thymic education of regulatory T cells

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-219

  Lio, Chan Wang J ^a   Hsieh, Chyi Song ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REL;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BINDING SITE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79953070839     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.11.010     Document Type: Review

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