Foxp3 expression in CD4+ T cells of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A comparative phenotypic analysis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 664-671

  Bonelli, M ^a   Von Dalwigk, K ^a   Savitskaya, A ^a   Smolen, J S ^a   Scheinecker, Clemens ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 42449123048     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.074690     Document Type: Article

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