What roles do regulatory T cells play in the control of the adaptive immune response?

International Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1107-1118

  Cohn, Melvin ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Effector response; Self non self; T helpers; T suppressors; Tregs

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T CELL DEPLETION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY;

IMMUNITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 53749104505     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn088     Document Type: Review

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