Helper (CD4+) and cytotoxic (CD8+) T cells promote the pathology of dystrophin-deficient muscle

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 235-243

  Spencer, Melissa J ^a   Montecino Rodriguez, Encarnacion ^a   Dorshkind, Kenneth ^a   Tidball, James G ^a,b  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; In vivo depletion; Lymphocytes; Mdx mouse

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DYSTROPHIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CLONAL ANERGY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0035122405     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clim.2000.4966     Document Type: Article

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