Subpopulations of equine blood lymphocytes expressing regulatory T cell markers

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 90-101

  Robbin, Melissa G ^a   Wagner, Bettina ^b   Noronha, Leela E ^b   Antczak, Douglas F ^b   De Mestre, Amanda M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ cells; FOXP3; IFN ; IL 10; Immunosuppression; Tregs

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; POKEWEED MITOGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HORSES; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 79961014298     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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