Increased thymic development of regulatory T cells in NOD mice is functionally dissociated from type I diabetes susceptibility

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1356-1362

  Tellier, Julie ^a,b,c   Andrianjaka, Andry ^a,b,c   Vicente, Rita ^a,b,c   Thiault, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Enault, Geneviève ^a,b,c   Garchon, Henri Jean ^d   van Meerwijk, Joost P M ^a,b,c   Romagnoli, Paola ^a,b,c  

^a University of Toulouse III   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Regulatory T (Treg) cells; T1D; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; H2 SYSTEM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED NOD; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84876856969     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201243142     Document Type: Article

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