Programmed cell death 1 and helios distinguish TCR-αβ+ double-negative (CD4-CD8-) T cells that derive from self-reactive CD8 T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4207-4214

  Rodríguez Rodríguez, Noé ^a,b   Apostolidis, Sokratis A ^a   Penaloza MacMaster, Pablo ^c   Villa, José Manuel Martín ^b   Barouch, Dan H ^c,d   Tsokos, George C ^a   Crispín, José C ^a,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PDCD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFPN1A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NUDE MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84928468650     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402775     Document Type: Article

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