The role of physiological self-antigen in the acquisition and maintenance of regulatory T-cell function

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 212, Issue , 2006, Pages 170-184

  Samy, Eileen T ^a   Setiady, Yulius Y ^a   Ohno, Katsuhiro ^a   Pramoonjago, Patcharin ^a   Sharp, Colin ^a   Tung, Kenneth S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune ovarian disease; Experimental autoimmune prostatitis; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MICE; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 33746329271     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2006.00404.x     Document Type: Review

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