What is the role of regulatory T cells in transplantation tolerance?

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 497-503

  Zhai, Yuan ^a   Kupiec Weglinski, Jerzy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLONAL ANERGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0032861775     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)00007-2     Document Type: Review

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