Regulation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The role of regulatory T-cells and Th17 cells

Clinical Science

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-86

  Lane, Nina ^a   Robins, R Adrian ^a   Corne, Jonathan ^b   Fairclough, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Inflammation; Regulatory T cell; Regulatory type 1 cell; T helper 17 cell

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH17 CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-17; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 77954942972     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20100033     Document Type: Review

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