Differential postselection proliferation dynamics of αβ T cells, Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, and invariant NKT cells monitored by genetic pulse labeling

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2384-2392

  Föhse, Lisa ^a   Reinhardt, Annika ^a   Oberdörfer, Linda ^a   Schmitz, Susanne ^a   Förster, Reinhold ^a   Malissen, Bernard ^b   Prinz, Immo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ALPHA BETA T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84883319318     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301359     Document Type: Article

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