Regulatory T cells in inflammatory bowel diseases and colorectal cancer

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 5688-5694

  Muzes, Györgyi ^a   Molnár, Béla ^b   Sipos, Ferenc ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Colitis associated colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Forkhead box P3; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; RANTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CARCINOGENESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84873930620     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i40.5688     Document Type: Review

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