FoxP3+ regulatory T cells promote influenza-specific Tfh responses by controlling IL-2 availability

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  León, Beatriz ^a   Bradley, John E ^b   Lund, Frances E ^a   Randall, Troy D ^b   Ballesteros Tato, André ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INFLUENZA; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SIGNALING; VIRUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STEM CELL; T CELL DEPLETION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84896510761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4495     Document Type: Article

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