Differential expression of the down-regulatory function of cd8 cells in trichosanthin-induced immunosuppression and its genetic control in humans

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-40

  Chou, K Y ^a   Chan, M ^b   Bias, W B ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TRICHOSANTHIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CELL CULTURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR7 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TRICHOSANTHIN;

EID: 0030058964     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.1996.tb00262.x     Document Type: Article

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