CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1053-1066

  Denic, Aleksandar ^a   Wootla, Bharath ^a   Rodriguez, Moses ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; CD8+ T cells; Central nervous system; Clinical trial; MHC class I; Multiple sclerosis; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CD94 ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA A3 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ALLELE; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; AXONAL INJURY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; CELL EXPANSION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS LOAD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENES, MHC CLASS I; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84882604575     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: 17447631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2013.815726     Document Type: Review

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