Interleukin-7 influences FOXP3+CD4+ regulatory T cells peripheral homeostasis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Simonetta, Federico ^a,b   Gestermann, Nicolas ^a,b   Martinet, Kim Zita ^a,b   Boniotto, Michele ^a,b   Tissières, Pierre ^a,b   Seddon, Benedict ^c   Bourgeois, Christine ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Université of Paris   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT;

MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84860630681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036596     Document Type: Article

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