Isolation and functional characterization of regulatory CD25brightCD4+ T cells from the target organ of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 215-223

  Cao, Duojia ^a   Malmström, Vivianne ^a   Baecher Allan, Clare ^b   Hafler, David ^b   Klareskog, Lars ^a   Trollmo, Christina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Human; Suppression; Synovial fluid; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CPH 82; GAMMA INTERFERON; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TARGET ORGAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; JOINTS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0037261145     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/immu.200390024     Document Type: Review

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