IL-2 and IL-7 determine the homeostatic balance between the regulatory and conventional CD4+ T cell compartments during peripheral T cell reconstitution

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3339-3346

  Le Campion, Armelle ^a   Pommier, Arnaud ^a   Delpoux, Arnaud ^a   Stouvenel, Laurence ^a   Auffray, Cédric ^a   Martin, Bruno ^a,b   Lucas, Bruno ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Cochin Hospital ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-7; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84866546891     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1103152     Document Type: Article

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