Differentiation of human thymic regulatory T cells at the double positive stage

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3604-3614

  Nunes Cabaço, Helena ^a   Caramalho, Íris ^a   Sepúlveda, Nuno ^b,c   Sousa, Ana E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FOXP3; Human T cell development; Thymus; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

CD103 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCHOOL CHILD; THYMOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 82255164181     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141614     Document Type: Article

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