Tracking Antigen-Specific T-Cells during Clinical Tolerance Induction in Humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Aslam, Aamir ^a   Chan, Hsien ^a   Warrell, David A ^b   Misbah, Siraj ^c   Ogg, Graham S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; WASP VENOM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT ALLERGY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS; CLONAL ANERGY; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77956209086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011028     Document Type: Article

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