CD4+CD25hi regulatory T cells in healthy males and females mediate gender difference in the prevalence of autoimmune diseases

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 58, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 567-571

  Afshan, Gul ^a   Afzal, Nadeem ^a   Qureshi, Sadia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Gender; Regulatory T cells; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863680886     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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