Modification of the FoxP3 Transcription Factor Principally Affects Inducible T Regulatory Cells in a Model of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Verhagen, Johan ^a   Burton, Bronwen R ^a   Britton, Graham J ^a   Shepard, Ella R ^a   Anderton, Stephen M ^b   Wraith, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPORTER GENE; THYMUS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84876001604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061334     Document Type: Article

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