In vitro induced regulatory T cells are unique from endogenous regulatory T cells and effective at suppressing late stages of ongoing autoimmunity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Nguyen, Thanh Long M ^a   Makhlouf, Nabil T ^a   Anthony, Bryan A ^a   Teague, Ryan M ^a   DiPaolo, Richard J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTRITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; COSTIMULATORY AND INHIBITORY T-CELL RECEPTORS; CYTOKINES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTRITIS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84905911071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104698     Document Type: Article

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