The study of regulatory T cells and NKT cells in Japan: A historical perspective

International Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1101-1103

  Arase, Hisashi ^a,b   Seino, Ken Ichiro ^c,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

NKT cells; Regulatory T cells; Suppressor T cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; JAPAN; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 70349491988     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: 14602377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxp091     Document Type: Review

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