Arthritis Research & Therapy

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FoxP3 and Bcl-xL cooperatively promote regulatory T cell persistence and prevention of arthritis development

Rizwanul Haque1, Fengyang Lei1, Xiaofang Xiong1, Yuzhang Wu2 and Jianxun Song1,2*

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Microbiology & Immunology and Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA

2 Institute of Immunology, The Third Military Medical University, 30 Gaotanyan Street, Chongqing 400038, PR China

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010, 12:R66 doi:10.1186/ar2983


See related letter by Sharabi and Mozes, http://arthritis-research.com/content/12/4/405

Published: 12 April 2010

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Summary of the arthritis incidences of the three experiments. PDF file containing a table that lists a summary of the arthritis incidences of three experiments.

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Summary of the mouse arthritis scores of the three experiments. PDF file containing a table that lists a summary of the mouse arthritis scores of three experiments.

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