Distinctive surface glycosylation patterns associated with mouse and human cD4+ regulatory T cells and their suppressive function

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2017, Pages

  Cabral, Joana ^a   Hanley, Shirley A ^a   Gerlach, Jared Q ^a   O'Leary, Neil ^a   Cunningham, Stephen ^a   Ritter, Thomas ^a   Ceredig, Rhodri ^a   Joshi, Lokesh ^a   Griffin, Matthew D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cellular immunology; Foxp3; Glycosylation; Immune regulation; Lectins; N glycan; Regulatory T cells; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027981125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00987     Document Type: Article

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