Human limbal fibroblast-like stem cells induce immune-tolerance in autoreactive T lymphocytes from female patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

BACKGROUND: Due to their “natural immune privilege” and immunoregulatory properties human fibroblast-like limbal stem cells (f-LSCs) have acquired great interest as a potential tool for achieving immunotolerance. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most common thyroid autoimmune disease and cause of...

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Published in:Stem Cell Res Ther
Main Authors: Coppola, Antonina, Tomasello, Laura, Pitrone, Maria, Cillino, Salvatore, Richiusa, Pierina, Pizzolanti, Giuseppe, Giordano, Carla
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496215/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673339
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13287-017-0611-5
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