The nature of increased circulating CD4+CD25 -Foxp3+ T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A novel hypothesis

Open Rheumatology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 22-24

  Yan, Bing ^a   Liu, Yi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Foxp3; Regulatory T cells; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 77953422283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874312900903010022     Document Type: Article

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