Mucosal T cells as a target for treatment of IBD

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 15, 2003, Pages 48-50

  Watanabe, Mamoru ^a   Yamazaki, Motomi ^a   Kanai, Takanori ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IBD; IL 7; IL 7 receptor; Mucosal immunity; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DAB 389 IL 7; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SAPORIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG TARGETING; ENTERITIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; MUCOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-7; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0037258839     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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