Musings About Regulation by T-Suppressors: A Response to the Commentary by Kristofor Ellestad on 'Meanderings into the Regulation of Effector Class by the Immune System: Derivation of the Trauma Model'

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 92-98

  Cohn, M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864316406     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2012.02723.x     Document Type: Note

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