Methods and protocols to study T cell signaling abnormalities in human systemic lupus erythematosus

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 900, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-60

  Moulton, Vaishali R ^a   Lo, Mindy S ^a   Tsokos, George C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Calcium response; CD3 ; Cell proliferation; Cell signaling; Cytokines; Immunoblotting; Systemic lupus erythematosus; T cell isolation; T cell receptor; Tyrosine phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868581258     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-720-4_3     Document Type: Article

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