Regulatory T cells: Which role in the pathogenesis and treatment allergic disorders?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-14

  Romagnani, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Th1; Th2; Treg

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; IMIDAZOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 10; RECOMBINANT LYMPHOTOXIN;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 33644929566     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01005.x     Document Type: Review

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