Transcriptome profiling of human FoxP3+ regulatory T cells

Human Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-213

  Bhairavabhotla, Ravikiran ^a,c   Kim, Yong C ^a,d   Glass, Deborah D ^a   Escobar, Thelma M ^a,e   Patel, Mira C ^b,f   Zahr, Rami ^a   Nguyen, Cuong K ^a,g   Kilaru, Gokhul K ^a,h   Muljo, Stefan A ^a   Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Institute of Population Health and Development   (Viet Nam)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentially expressed; FoxP3; Gene signature; LAYN; MiR 146a; MiR 146b; MiR 21; MiRNA; nCounter analysis; PNA; RNA sequencing; RTKN2; Suppressive cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IKZF2 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 125A 5P; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 146B 5P; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 28 3P; MICRORNA 31; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 598; MICRORNA 660; MICRORNA LET 7G; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; POLYADENYLATED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LAYN PROTEIN, HUMAN; LECTIN; RTKN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CD70 GENE; CECAM4 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSF2RB GENE; ENC1 GENE; F5 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; LAYN GENE; MOUSE; NKG7 GENE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RNA SEQUENCE; RTKN2 GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRIB1 GENE; UTS2 GENE; CELL CULTURE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

CELLS, CULTURED; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MICRORNAS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84958104365     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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