Activin a promotes the TGF-beta-induced conversion of CD4+CD25- T cells into Foxp3+ induced regulatory T cells.

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Published in J Immunol on April 15, 2009

Authors

Samuel Huber1, Felix R Stahl, Jörg Schrader, Stefan Lüth, Katrin Presser, Antonella Carambia, Richard A Flavell, Sabine Werner, Manfred Blessing, Johannes Herkel, Christoph Schramm

Author Affiliations

1: Medizinische Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

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