Differential requirement for IL-2 and IL-15 during bifurcated development of thymic regulatory T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5525-5533

  Marshall, Daniel ^a   Sinclair, Charles ^a   Tung, Sim ^a   Seddon, Benedict ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; ZAP70 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GENETICS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; STROMA CELL; THYMUS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BLOOD CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; ZAP-70 PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE;

EID: 84912528518     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402144     Document Type: Article

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