IL-2 controls the stability of Foxp3 expression in TGF-β-induced Foxp3+ T cells in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 6329-6337

  Chen, Qian ^a   Kim, Yong Chan ^a   Laurence, Arian ^b   Punkosdy, George A ^a   Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; GENE LOCUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA METHYLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 79958021546     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100061     Document Type: Article

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