Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/immunol.1.003
T helper cells: Top targets for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus treatment?
Haideh Namdari1,*, Farhad Rezaei2, Farzad Parvizpour1
- 1Iranian Tissue Bank and Research Center, Gene, Cell and Tissue research institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- 2Department of Virology, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Corresponding Author
Haideh Namdari, h_namdari29@yahoo.com
Received Date: January 07, 2022
Accepted Date: January 17, 2022
Namdari H, Rezaei F, Parvizpour F. T helper cells: Top targets for systemic lupus erythematosus treatment? J Cell Mol Immunol. 2022;1(1):8-11.
Copyright: © 2022 Namdari H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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