CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells: A new treatment option in glomerulonephritis [2]

Kidney International

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1898-1899

  Hochegger, Kathrin ^a   Wolf, Dominik ^a   Rosenkranz, Alexander R ^a,b  

^a Clinical Division of Nephrology ^*

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSFER; EFFECTOR CELL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY; LETTER; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2;

EID: 31644446229     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00578_2.x     Document Type: Letter

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