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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2006

Regulatory T cells, a potent immunoregulatory target for CAM researchers: the ultimate antagonist (I).

Aristo Vojdani, Jonathan Erde

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aristo VojdaniImmunosciences Laboratory, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA. immunsci@ix.netcom.com
Jonathan Erde
Immunosciences Lab (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decade, great interest has been given to regulatory T (T(reg)) cells. A vast body of evidence has shown the existence and highlighted the importance of T(reg) cells in the active suppression of immune system responses. This form of immunoregulation is the dominant means utilized by the immune system to reach a harmony between reciprocal response processes in order to ensure adequate host defense with minimal host detriment. Therapeutically targeting T(reg) cells is a direct and powerful means to manipulate the immune system to achieve beneficial effects on various disease pathologies, including allergy, autoimmunity and cancer, as well as the facilitation of organ transplantation. This powerful target for immunoregulation is of much concern to practitioners and researchers of complementary and alternative medicine because it allows a great deal of control and certainty in dealing with the prevalence of debilitating immune system-related disorders for which there has been little remedy outside of Western Medicine.

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PMID16550220
PMCPMC1375245
OpenAlexW2068743111

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