Abrogation of CD40-CD154 signaling impedes the homeostasis of thymic resident regulatory T cells by altering the levels of IL-2, but does not affect regulatory T cell development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1717-1725

  Cuss, Steven M ^a,b   Green, E Allison ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CD86 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE MATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; CD40 LIGAND; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84864819142     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200588     Document Type: Article

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