CD3+CD4-CD8- (double negative) T cells: Saviours or villains of the immune response?

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-340

  D'Acquisto, Fulvio ^a   Crompton, Tessa ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune and infectious diseases; Inflammation; Thymocyte positive and negative selection; Unconventional T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 23; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 79960362531     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.05.019     Document Type: Note

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