Regulation of CD8+ T cell responses to retinal antigen by local FoxP3+ regulatory T cells

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  McPherson, Scott W ^a   Heuss, Neal D ^a   Gregerson, Dale S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; EAU; Foxp3; Retina; Tregs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874133147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00166     Document Type: Article

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