The living eye "disarms" uncommitted autoreactive T cells by converting them to Foxp3 + regulatory cells following local antigen recognition

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1742-1750

  Zhou, Ru ^a   Horai, Reiko ^a   Silver, Phyllis B ^a   Mattapallil, Mary J ^a   Zárate Bladés, Carlos R ^a   Chong, Wai Po ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Rigden, Rachael C ^a   Villasmil, Rafael ^a   Caspi, Rachel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRETINOIN; UVEITIS;

EID: 84863142453     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102415     Document Type: Article

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