Regulatory T cells in elderly patients with asthma

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Mota Pinto, A ^a   Todo, A ^a,b   Alves, V ^a   Santos, A ^b   Santos, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asthma; Elderly; T cells; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

AGED; AGING; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SENESCENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 79955420181     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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