Memory T cells: A hurdle to immunologic tolerance

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2402-2410

  Lakkis, Fadi G ^a,c   Sayegh, Mohamed H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Section of Nephrology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CD70 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 9; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; EFFECTOR CELL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0042320414     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000085020.78117.70     Document Type: Review

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