T helper subsets & regulatory T cells: Rethinking the paradigm in the clinical context of solid organ transplantation

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 185-194

  Askar, M ^a  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RISK FACTOR; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA;

CYTOKINES; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84900404358     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iji.12106     Document Type: Article

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