Anti-tumor immunity and autoimmunity: A balancing act of regulatory T cells

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Wei, Wei Zen ^a   Morris, Gerald P ^a   Kong, Yi Chi M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL TYPE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EFFECTOR CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROIDITIS; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 0742321751     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-003-0444-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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