Th2 cells are less susceptible than Th1 cells to the suppressive activity of CD25+ regulatory thymocytes because of their responsiveness to different cytokines

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3117-3121

  Cosmi, Lorenzo ^b   Liotta, Francesco ^b   Angeli, Roberta ^b   Mazzinghi, Benedetta ^b   Santarlasci, Veronica ^b   Manetti, Roberto ^b   Lasagni, Laura ^b   Vanini, Vittorio ^b   Romagnani, Paola ^b   Maggi, Enrico ^b   Annunziato, Francesco ^a   Romagnani, Sergio ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 9; INTERLEUKIN 9 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 11144354531     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-09-3302     Document Type: Article

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