Altered expression of Th1-type chemokine receptor CXCR3 on CD4+ T cells in myasthenia gravis patients

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 166-174

  Suzuki, Yasushi ^a   Onodera, Hiroshi ^a   Tago, Hideaki ^a   Saito, Ryuji ^a   Ohuchi, Masahiro ^b   Shimizu, Masayuki ^b   Matsumura, Yuji ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^a   Yoshie, Osamu ^c   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemokine; CXCR3; Myasthenia gravis; Th1; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; THYMECTOMY; THYMIC FACTOR, CIRCULATING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33244487221     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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