The Proportion of Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analysis.

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) have important functions in peripheral immune tolerance. Dysfunction of Tregs is considered to be a pivotal cause of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, previous reports describing the proportion of Tregs among CD4+ T cells in RA patients wer...

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Main Authors: Takayoshi Morita, Yoshihito Shima, James Badger Wing, Shimon Sakaguchi, Atsushi Ogata, Atsushi Kumanogoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5021283?pdf=render