γδ cells regulate autoimmunity

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 884-889

  Hayday, Adrian ^a   Geng, Lipin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE COURSE; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0031446766     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(97)80193-8     Document Type: Article

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