Foxp3 + regulatory T cells control persistence of viral CNS infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Reuter, Dajana ^a   Sparwasser, Tim ^b   Hünig, Thomas ^a   Schneider Schaulies, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FOXP3+ REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CERCOPITHECUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; METABOLISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY;

MEASLES VIRUS; MUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84858670753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033989     Document Type: Article

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