Development of thymic Foxp3+ regulatory T cells: TGF-β matters

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 958-965

  Chen, Wanjun ^a   Konkel, Joanne E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Foxp3; IL 2; TGF ; Thymic Treg cells

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; THYMUS;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84926960339     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444999     Document Type: Short Survey

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