The involvement of immunoregulatory T cells in the pathogenesis of Lichen Sclerosus

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Tchórzewski, Henryk ^a,b   Rotsztejn, Helena ^a   Banasik, Małgorzata ^a   Lewkowicz, Przemysław ^a   Głowacka, Ewa ^a  

^a POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cd4+cd25+ cell proliferation; ROI production decrease; TH2 cytokine production decrease

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 5; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 12244264822     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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