Differential role of all-trans retinoic acid in promoting the development of CD4+ and CD8+ regulatory T cells

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-283

  Ma, Jilin ^a   Liu, Ya ^b   Li, Yang ^c   Gu, Jian ^b   Liu, Justin ^d   Tang, Jiayou ^c   Wang, Julie ^b   Ryffel, Bernhard ^e   Shen, Yi ^c   Brand, David ^f   Liu, Zhongmin ^c   Zheng, Song Guo ^b  

^a Department of Gastroenterology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tongji University   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

All trans retinoic acid; Autoimmunity; Foxp3; GVHD; Regulatory T cells; TGF

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FOXP3; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; TGF-Β;

ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID; AUTOIMMUNITY; FOXP3; GVHD; REGULATORY T CELLS; TGF-Β;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84897022270     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0513297     Document Type: Article

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