Low-Dose IL-2 in the Treatment of Lupus

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Mizui, Masayuki ^a   Tsokos, George C ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 2; low dose IL 2 treatment; regulatory T cells; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC;

HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-2; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84991079044     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-016-0617-5     Document Type: Review

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