Regulatory T cells in autoimmmunity

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 423-449

  Shevach, Ethan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastritis; Immune regulation; Organ specific autoimmunity; Suppressor T cells

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; TUMOR ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; EFFECTOR CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0034084162     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.18.1.423     Document Type: Review

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