Contribution of FoxP3+ Tfr cells to overall human blood CXCR5+ T cells

V R Fonseca1,2, L Graca1,3

  • 1Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.

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