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Abnormality of regulatory T-cells in remission and non-remission idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura patients.
Platelets - 1 Jan 2013
Teke Hava Üsküdar, Gündüz Eren, Akay Olga Meltem, Gülbas Zafer
Abstract excerpt
Primer immunologic defect in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura (ITP) result from autoreactive B-lymphocytes secreting antiplatelet antibodies. Dysfunctional cellular immunity has also great importance in ITP pathogenesis. CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T-cells have immunoregulatory features and it is able to inhibit CD4(+)CD25(-) and CD8(+) responses. ITP is also an autoimmune disease; the...
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