Impaired inhibitory function of circulating CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in alopecia areata

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-143

  Shin, Bong Seok ^a,b   Furuhashi, Takuya ^a   Nakamura, Motoki ^a   Torii, Kan ^a   Morita, Akimichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIGENS, CD4; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877003037     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: 1873569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2013.01.006     Document Type: Letter

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