Unmasking of autoreactive CD4 T cells by depletion of CD25 regulatory T cells in systemic lupus erythematosus

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2176-2183

  Engler, Jan Broder ^a   Undeutsch, Reinmar ^a   Kloke, Lutz ^a   Rosenberger, Stefan ^a   Backhaus, Marina ^a   Schneider, Udo ^a   Egerer, Karl ^a   Dragun, Duska ^a   Hofmann, Jörg ^a   Huscher, Dörte ^a,b   Burmester, Gerd Rüdiger ^a   Humrich, Jens Y ^a   Enghard, Philipp ^a   Riemekasten, Gabriela ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b A Leibniz Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; SMD1[83-119] ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82755189414     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2011.153619     Document Type: Article

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