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SUBMITTER: Yeh S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2928652 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yeh Steven S Li Zhuqing Z Forooghian Farzin F Hwang Frank S FS Cunningham Matthew A MA Pantanelli Seth S Lew Julie C JC Wroblewski Keith K KK Vitale Susan S Nussenblatt Robert B RB
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 20090401 4
<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate CD4(+)Foxp3(+) (forkhead box P3) T-regulatory cell populations in patients with uveitis and to determine if T-regulatory cell populations are associated with disease features.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients with uveitis were evaluated for CD4(+)Foxp3(+) T-regulatory cells by flow cytometry. Systemic and ocular diagnoses, disease activity, and the presence of cystoid macular edema were reviewed. Percentages of CD4(+)Foxp3(+) lymphocytes were compared for patients with inact ...[more]