A self-reactive TCR drives the development of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells that prevent autoimmune disease

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 861-869

  Killebrew, Justin R ^a,b   Perdue, Nikole ^b   Kwan, Alan ^b   Thornton, Angela M ^c   Shevach, Ethan M ^c   Campbell, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD103 ANTIGEN; CUTANEOUS AUTOANTIGEN; PADGEM PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TCRA GENE; TCRB GENE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79960521550     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1004009     Document Type: Article

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