Radix tripterygium wilfordii—a chinese herbal medicine with potent immunosuppressive properties

Transplantation

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 82-86

  Li, Xue Wang ^a   Weir, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0025329038     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199007000-00015     Document Type: Article

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