Regulatory T cells in ischemic stroke: Helpful or hazardous?

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Schäbitz, Wolf Rüdiger ^a  

^a EvKB Bethel ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

immunodeficiency; poststroke inflammation; T Lymphocytes, regulatory cells

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL KINETICS; CELL THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC MODEL; IMMUNOREGULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THERAPY EFFECT;

IMMUNODEFICIENCY; POSTSTROKE INFLAMMATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY CELLS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; STROKE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84880794823     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002228     Document Type: Note

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