IL-7R signaling in regulatory T cells maintains peripheral and allograft tolerance in mice

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 13330-13335

  Schmaler, Mathias ^a   Broggi, Maria A S ^a   Lagarde, Nadège ^a   Stöcklin, Benjamin F ^a   King, Carolyn G ^a   Finke, Daniela ^a   Rossi, Simona W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

IL 2; IL 7; IL 7R; Regulatory T cell; Skin transplantation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; STAT5 PROTEIN; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PRIMER DNA;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPH NODE CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; STROMA CELL; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPH NODES; MICE; PERIPHERAL TOLERANCE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 84945549724     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510045112     Document Type: Article

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