CD4+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells suppress fatal T helper 2 cell immunity during pulmonary fungal infection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3596-3604

  Schulze, Bianca ^a   Piehler, Daniel ^a   Eschke, Maria ^a   von Buttlar, Heiner ^a,d   Köhler, Gabriele ^b   Sparwasser, Tim ^c   Alber, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM FULDA   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Pulmonary fungal infection; Regulatory T (Treg) cells; Th2 immunity

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GATA3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LUNG BURDEN; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKINS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PNEUMONIA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84923598220     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444963     Document Type: Article

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