Human memory helios- FOXP3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) encompass induced tregs that express aiolos and respond to IL-1β by downregulating their suppressor functions

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4619-4627

  Raffin, Caroline ^a   Pignon, Pascale ^a   Celse, Clotilde ^a   Debien, Emilie ^a   Valmori, Danila ^a,b   Ayyoub, Maha ^a  

^a UMR INSERM U892 CNRS 6299   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIOLOS PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; EOS PROTEIN; HELIOS PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE I; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CCR7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IKZF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IKZF3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; FOXP3 GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; TREG SPECIFIC DEMETHYLATED REGION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

DOWN-REGULATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; RECEPTORS, CCR7; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1 TYPE I; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84885977357     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301378     Document Type: Article

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