Assessment of Suppressive Capacity by Human Regulatory T Cells Using a Reproducible, Bi-Directional CFSE-Based In Vitro Assay

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 707, Issue , 2011, Pages 233-241

  Schneider, Anya ^a   Buckner, Jane H ^a  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive Treg; CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ Treg; CFSE assay; Immunoregulation; Regulatory function; Suppression; T effector cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 79955695703     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-979-6_15     Document Type: Chapter

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