CD44 - A protein family involved in autoimmune diseases and apoptosis

Authors
Gunthert, U Johansson, B
Citation
U. Gunthert et B. Johansson, CD44 - A protein family involved in autoimmune diseases and apoptosis, IMMUNOLOGIS, 8(4-5), 2000, pp. 106-109
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
IMMUNOLOGIST
ISSN journal
11925612 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
106 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
1192-5612(200007/10)8:4-5<106:C-APFI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In chronic inflammatory disease lesions, lymphocytes ore resistant to activ ation-induced cell death,through CD95. This protection may be mediated by C D44, and here Ursula Gunthert and Britt Johansson examine and discuss CD44 isoform expression in a range of diseases, and their therapeutic implicatio ns.