Optimal Isolation of Functional Foxp3+ Induced Regulatory T Cells Using DEREG Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Baru, Abdul Mannan ^a   Untucht, Christopher ^a   Ganesh, Venkateswaran ^a   Hesse, Christina ^a   Mayer, Christian T ^a   Sparwasser, Tim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLT3 LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

EID: 84866015166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044760     Document Type: Article

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