Natural tregs and autoimmunity

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 333-343

  La Cava, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Immune tolerance; Regulatory T cells (Tregs); Review

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 63849182862     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3247     Document Type: Article

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