IL-2R signaling is essential for functional maturation of regulatory T cells during thymic development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1567-1575

  Cheng, Guoyan ^a   Yu, Aixin ^a   Dee, Michael J ^a   Malek, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; KI 67 ANTIGEN; STAT5 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HISTOGENESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENES, REPORTER; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84873547864     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201218     Document Type: Article

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