CD4+CD25lowGITR+ cells: A novel human CD4+ T-cell population with regulatory activity

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2269-2278

  Bianchini, Rodolfo ^a,b   Bistoni, Onelia ^a   Alunno, Alessia ^a   Petrillo, Maria Grazia ^a   Ronchetti, Simona ^a   Sportoletti, Paolo ^a   Bocci, Elena Bartoloni ^a   Nocentini, Giuseppe ^a   Gerli, Roberto ^a   Riccardi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

CD4+ T lymphocytes; TNFR superfamily; Treg cell marker

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED TNFR-RELATED PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960718028     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201040943     Document Type: Article

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