Autoimmune disease as a consequence of developmental abnormality of a T cell subpopulation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 387-396

  Asano, Masanao ^a,b,c   Toda, Masaaki ^a,b   Sakaguchi, Noriko ^a,b   Sakaguchi, Shimon ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0029788211     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.184.2.387     Document Type: Article

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