Antiapoptotic McI-1 is critical for the survival and niche-filling capacity of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

Nature Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 959-965

  Pierson, Wim ^a,b   Cauwe, Bénédicte ^a,b   Policheni, Antonia ^c,d   Schlenner, Susan M ^a,b   Franckaert, Dean ^a,b   Berges, Julien ^e,f   Humblet Baron, Stephanie ^a,b   Schönefeldt, Susann ^a,b   Herold, Marco J ^c,d   Hildeman, David ^g,h   Strasser, Andreas ^c,d   Bouillet, Philippe ^c,d   Lu, Li Fan ⁱ   Matthys, Patrick ^j   Freitas, Antonio A ^e,f   Luther, Rita J ^k   Weaver, Casey T ^k   Dooley, James ^a,b   Gray, Daniel H D ^c,d   Liston, Adrian ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

^j REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^k University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN MCL 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYELOID CELL LEUKEMIA SEQUENCE 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84883162955     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.2649     Document Type: Article

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