Natural regulatory T cells: Number and function are normal in the majority of patients with lupus nephritis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-55

  Yates, J ^a   Whittington, A ^a   Mitchell, P ^b   Lechler, R I ^a,b   Lightstone, L ^a   Lombardi, G ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cell; Nucleosomes; SLE

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOSOMES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 44949174181     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03665.x     Document Type: Article

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