Response of T-cell subpopulations to superantigen and recall antigen stimulation in systemic sclerosis

• Main Authors: Sajad Ahmad Dar (Author), Sambit Nath Bhattacharya (Author), Shukla Das (Author), Vishnampettai Ganapathysubramanian Ramachandran (Author), Basu Dev Banerjee (Author), Prateek Arora (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: There is great disagreement regarding which effector T-cells are responsible for the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis. Further, the possible role of superantigens in modulating the T-cell phenotype responsible for the immunopathogenesis of this disease and the response of these patient...