Skewed X chromosomal inactivation impacts T regulatory cell function in systemic sclerosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2213-2216

  Broen, Jasper C A ^a,b   Wolvers Tettero, Ingrid L M ^c   Geurts Van Bon, Lenny ^a,b   Vonk, Madelon C ^a   Coenen, Marieke J H ^a   Lafyatis, Robert ^b   Radstake, Timothy R D J ^a,b   Langerak, Anton W ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; MYELOID DENDRITIC CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; X CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 78649746433     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.129999     Document Type: Article

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