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Alloantibody production is regulated by CD4+ T cells' alloreactive pathway, rather than precursor frequency or Th1/Th2 differentiation.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Aug 2004
Sauvé Dominike, Baratin Myriam, Leduc Caroline, Bonin Karina, Daniel Claude
Abstract excerpt
Although CD4(+) T cells play an important role in the regulation of allograft rejection, the exact mechanisms by which they operate and the actual contribution of direct and indirect alloreactivity pathways remain to be fully characterized. Previous studies have established a possible relationship between the indirect alloreactivity pathway and antibody production, but interpretation of these results have been...
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