Selective elimination of autoreactive T cells in vivo by the regulatory T cells

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-73

  Chang, Xing ^a   Zheng, Pan ^a   Liu, Yang ^a  

^a Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Clonal deletion; FoxP3; Regulatory T cells; Viral super antigen

Indexed keywords

SUPERANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 57249097165     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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