CD4+CD25+ T cells expressing FoxP3 in Icelandic horses affected with insect bite hypersensitivity

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Hamza, Eman ^a   Steinbach, Falko ^b   Marti, Eliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; FoxP3; Icelandic horses; IL 4; Insect bite hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 4; TETANUS TOXOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSE; INSECT BITE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84864147225     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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