The goals of immunologic intervention in autoimmune disease.
Autoimmune diseases represent disorders of immunologic regulation for which specifically targeted immunologic intervention offers great therapeutic promise, superior to highly toxic and totally non-specific conventional therapy currently in use. The cellular and cytokine targets for this new approach and the various concepts underlying their deployment are discussed in this article.
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Clinical Immunology Section, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, San Antonio, TX.
D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007167:Immunotherapy; D051379:Mice; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II