Anergic T cells actively suppress T cell responses via the antigen-presenting cell

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2902-2912

  Taams, Leonie S ^a   Van Rensen, Annemiek J M L ^a   Poelen, Martien C M ^b   Van Els, Cécile A C M ^b   Besseling, Arit C ^a   Wagenaar, Josée P A ^a   Van Eden, Willem ^a   Wauben, Marca H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anergy; Lewis rat; Suppression; T cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLONE CELLS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031669999     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199809)28:09<2902::AID-IMMU2902>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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