Low-dose, but not high-dose, cyclosporin A promotes regulatory T-cell induction, expansion, or both

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-184

  Baumgrass, Ria ^a   Brandt, Claudia ^a   Wegner, Fanny ^a   Abdollahnia, Mandana ^b   Worm, Margitta ^b  

^a DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

CYCLOSPORINE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 77953961002     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.04.032     Document Type: Letter

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