Regulatory T cells and COPD

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1176-1178

  Dancer, Rachel ^a   Sansom, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CONTACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SMOKING; TH17 CELL;

COPD ÀÜ MECHANISMS; COPD EXACERBATIONS; TOBACCO AND THE LUNG;

AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84887496782     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203878     Document Type: Article

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