T regulatory cells and autoimmune liver disease

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-157

  Hirschfield, Gideon M ^a   Heathcote, Jenny ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MICE; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 38849092003     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2007.01653.x     Document Type: Editorial

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