Glucocorticoid-induced TNF receptor family-related protein ligand is requisite for optimal functioning of regulatory CD4+ T cells

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Liao, Gongxian ^a   O'Keeffe, Michael S ^a   Wang, Guoxing ^a   van Driel, Boaz ^a   Malefyt, Rene de Waal ^b   Reinecker, Hans Christian ^c   Herzog, Roland W ^d   Terhorst, Cox ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CX3CR1; Flt3L; GITR L; TNFSF18; Treg

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; FLT3 LIGAND; GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; OVALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN;

EID: 84895539327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00035     Document Type: Article

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