Resolving the identity myth: Key markers of functional CD4 +FoxP3 + regulatory T cells

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1489-1496

  Chen, Xin ^a   Oppenheim, Joost J ^b  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular markers; Immunosuppressive function; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; CD103 ANTIGEN; CD39 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GARP PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; ICOS PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE I; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LATENCY ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION GENE 3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ FOXP3+ REGULATORY T CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80053252362     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.05.018     Document Type: Review

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