Regulatory T cells for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease: Professionals defeat amateurs

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2966-2968

  Edinger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Stem cell transplantation; T cell differentiation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; DISEASE MODEL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 70449374910     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200940030     Document Type: Note

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