Differential changes in CD4+ and CD8+ effector and regulatory T lymphocyte subsets in the testis of rats undergoing autoimmune orchitis

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-54

  Jacobo, P ^a   Guazzone, V A ^a   Jarazo Dietrich, S ^a   Theas, M S ^a   Lustig, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autoimmune orchitis; Regulatory T lymphocytes; T lymphocytes; Testis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECTOR CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SEPARATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORCHITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TESTIS;

EID: 67649743418     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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