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  • Chong MM, Rasmussen JP, Rudensky AY, Littman DR. The RNAseIII enzyme Drosha is critical in T cells for preventing lethal inflammatory disease. J Exp Med. 2008 Sep 1;205(9):2005-17. PubMed PMID: 18725527.
  • Liston A, Nutsch KM, Farr AG, Lund JM, Rasmussen JP, Koni PA, Rudensky AY. Differentiation of regulatory Foxp3+ T cells in the thymic cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Aug 19;105(33):11903-8. PubMed PMID: 18695219.
  • Rubtsov YP, Rasmussen JP, Chi EY, Fontenot J, Castelli L, Ye X, Treuting P, Siewe L, Roers A, Henderson WR Jr, Muller W, Rudensky AY. Regulatory T cell-derived interleukin-10 limits inflammation at environmental interfaces. Immunity. 2008 Apr;28(4):546-58. PubMed PMID: 18387831.
  • Lu LF, Gavin MA, Rasmussen JP, Rudensky AY. G protein-coupled receptor 83 is dispensable for the development and function of regulatory T cells. Mol Cell Biol. 2007 Dec;27(23):8065-72. PubMed PMID: 17893329.
  • Denning TL, Granger SW, Mucida D, Graddy R, Leclercq G, Zhang W, Honey K, Rasmussen JP, Cheroutre H, Rudensky AY, Kronenberg M. Mouse TCRalphabeta+CD8alphaalpha intraepithelial lymphocytes express genes that down-regulate their antigen reactivity and suppress immune responses. J Immunol. 2007 Apr 1;178(7):4230-9. PubMed PMID: 17371979.
  • Gavin MA, Rasmussen JP, Fontenot JD, Vasta V, Manganiello VC, Beavo JA, Rudensky AY. Foxp3-dependent programme of regulatory T-cell differentiation. Nature. 2007 Feb 15;445(7129):771-5. PubMed PMID: 17220874.
  • Kim JM, Rasmussen JP, Rudensky AY. Regulatory T cells prevent catastrophic autoimmunity throughout the lifespan of mice. Nat Immunol. 2007 Feb;8(2):191-7. PubMed PMID: 17136045.
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