New T-helper subsets controlling the immune system and tissue cells

Immunotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-429

  Schmidt Weber, Carsten ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH22 CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 77954988554     PISSN: 1750743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/imt.10.35     Document Type: Editorial

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