IL-6 and ICOS antagonize bim and promote regulatory T cell accrual with age

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 944-952

  Raynor, Jana ^a   Karns, Rebekah ^a   Almanan, Maha ^a   Li, Kun Po ^a   Divanovic, Senad ^a,b   Chougnet, Claire A ^a,b   Hildeman, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; HERMES ANTIGEN; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; L SELECTIN; NEUROPILIN 1; PROTEIN HELIOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BCL-2-LIKE PROTEIN 11; CD44 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ICOS PROTEIN, MOUSE; ICOSL PROTEIN, MOUSE; IL2RA PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN-6, MOUSE; LECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFPN1A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UPREGULATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD44; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR LIGAND; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-6; L-SELECTIN; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPILIN-1; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84937681672     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500443     Document Type: Article

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