Regulatory T cells constrain the TCR repertoire of antigen-stimulated conventional CD4 T cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 398-412

  Fontaine, Martina ^a   Vogel, Isabel ^a   Van Eycke, Yves Rémi ^a   Galuppo, Adrien ^a   Ajouaou, Yousra ^a   Decaestecker, Christine ^a   Kassiotis, George ^b,c   Moser, Muriel ^a   Leo, Oberdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cell lymphocytes; regulatory T cells; TCR repertoire analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; CD86 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; FRIEND MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; B7-2 ANTIGEN; CELLS, CULTURED; FRIEND MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 85038623866     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201796881     Document Type: Article

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