Immune cells and cytokines in systemic lupus erythematosus: An update

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 518-522

  Kyttaris, Vasileios C ^a,b,c   Juang, Yuang Taung ^a,b   Tsokos, George C ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Interferon; Interleukin 10; Systemic lupus erythematosus; T cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CALCIUM; CD3 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DEATH; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 27344438941     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bor.0000170479.01451.ab     Document Type: Review

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