Imaging the function of regulatory T cells in vivo

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 496-502

  Tang, Qizhi ^a   Krummel, Matthew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONJUGATION; DENDRITIC CELL; HELPER CELL; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33745406867     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2006.05.007     Document Type: Review

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