Reduced frequency of CD4+CD25HIGHFOXP3+ cells and diminished FOXP3 expression in patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency: A link to autoimmunity?

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-221

  Genre, J ^a   Errante, P R ^a   Kokron, C M ^a   Toledo Barros, M ^a   Camara N O S ^a,b   Rizzo, L V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Common Variable Immunodeficiency; FOXP3; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650001664     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.03.519     Document Type: Article

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