Regulatory T cells control the development of allergic disease and asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 480-487

  Umetsu, Dale T ^a   Akbari, Omid ^a   DeKruyff, Rosemarie H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; T regulatory cells; TH2

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ALLERGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0041735102     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(03)01869-4     Document Type: Review

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