Analysis of Human FOXP3+ Treg Cells Phenotype and Function

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 707, Issue , 2011, Pages 199-218

  d’Hennezel, Eva ^a   Piccirillo, Ciriaco A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anergy; Cloning; FOXP3; IL 2; Regulatory T cells; Single cell sorting; Suppression

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 79955682501     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-979-6_13     Document Type: Chapter

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