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Functional changes in regulatory T cells during an experimental infection with sparganum (plerocercofid of Spirometra mansoni)

  1. Hyung-Ran Kim1,
  2. Su-Min Lee1,
  3. Jong-Wha Won2,
  4. Woosung Lim3,
  5. Byung-In Moon3,
  6. Hyun-Jong Yang4,†,
  7. Ju-Young Seoh1,†,*

Article first published online: 13 DEC 2012

DOI: 10.1111/imm.12017

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Immunology

Immunology

Volume 138, Issue 1, pages 57–67, January 2013

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Kim, H.-R., Lee, S.-M., Won, J.-W., Lim, W., Moon, B.-I., Yang, H.-J. and Seoh, J.-Y. (2013), Functional changes in regulatory T cells during an experimental infection with sparganum (plerocercofid of Spirometra mansoni). Immunology, 138: 57–67. doi: 10.1111/imm.12017

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  1. 1

    Department of Microbiology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

  2. 2

    Seoul Science High School, Seoul, Korea

  3. 3

    Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

  4. 4

    Parasitology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

  1. †

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

* Correspondence: Professor Ju-Young Seoh, Department of Microbiology, Ewha Womans University Medical School, Mok-5-Dong 911-1, Yangchon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, South Korea. Email: jyseoh@ewha.ac.kr
Senior author: Ju-Young Seoh

  1. †

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 13 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 13 DEC 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 18 OCT 2012 10:30AM EST
  4. Manuscript Revised: 20 SEP 2012
  5. Manuscript Accepted: 20 SEP 2012
  6. Manuscript Received: 22 FEB 2011

Funded by

  • Korea Research Foundation (KRF)
  • Korea government (MEST). Grant Number: 2009-0073139
  • RP-Grant

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