Thymic B cells promote thymus-derived regulatory T cell development and proliferation

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-72

  Lu, Fang Ting ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Wang, Yin Hu ^a   Ma, Hong Di ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Yang, Jing Bo ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Ansari, Aftab A ^b   Lian, Zhe Xiong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Cell cell contact; Development; Proliferation; Thymic B cells; Thymic Treg cells

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CONTACT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL CULTURE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD80; ANTIGENS, CD86; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84937520585     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: 10959157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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