Are We Ready for the Use of Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells for Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy in Kidney Transplantation?

The existence of T-cell subsets naturally committed to perform immunoregulation has led to enthusiastic efforts to investigate their role in the immunopathogenesis of transplantation. Being able to modulate alloresponses, regulatory T cells could be used as an immunodiagnostic tool in clinical kidne...

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Main Authors: Francisco Salcido-Ochoa, Nurhashikin Yusof, Susan Swee-Shan Hue, Doreen Haase, Terence Kee, Olaf Rotzschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/397952