Human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells suppress anti-porcine xenogeneic responses

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2052-2057

  Porter, Cynthia M ^a   Bloom, Eda T ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cells; cellular rejection; T regulatory cells; Tolerance; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CHROMIUM 51; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HETEROPHILE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 22844451603     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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