Differences in expression level of Helios and neuropilin-1 do not distinguish thymus-derived from extrathymically-induced CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

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Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Szurek, Edyta ^a   Cebula, Anna ^a   Wojciech, Lukasz ^a   Pietrzak, Maciej ^b   Rempala, Grzegorz ^b   Kisielow, Pawel ^c   Ignatowicz, Leszek ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIOS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NEUROPILIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZFPN1A2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CLONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLONE CELLS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPILIN-1; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84949504932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141161     Document Type: Article

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