Helios should not be cited as a marker of human thymus-derived tregs. Commentary: Helios+ and Helios- cells coexist within the natural FOXP3+ T regulatory cell subset in humans

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Elkord, Eyad ^a,b,c,d  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foxp3; Helios; PTregs; T regulatory cells; TTregs

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NOTE; OCCLUSION BALLOON CATHETER; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 84983261869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00276     Document Type: Note

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