Local "on-demand" generation and function of antigen-specific Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4971-4981

  McPherson, Scott W ^a   Heuss, Neal D ^a   Gregerson, Dale S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; FOXP3+ REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UVEORETINITIS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELLS, CULTURED; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RETINA; RETINITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84877841114     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202625     Document Type: Article

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