Are regulatory molecules for T cells involved in the development of autoimmune pancreatitis?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 595-596

  Okazaki, Kazuichi ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4;

AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 40949144527     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01749.x     Document Type: Review

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