c-Met-T

Silvia Fanti1, Edward Stephenson1,2, Etel Rocha-Vieira1,3

  • 1William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (S.F., E. Stephenson, E.R.-V., S.K., E. Shahaj, M.P.L., V.S.V., C.D., E.P., M.B., D.C., G.W., D.H., E. Solito, K.S., S.A.M., F.M.M.-B.), Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Circulation
|November 23, 2022
PubMed
まとめ

循環中のc-メセンキム上皮変異因子 (c-Met) 陽性T細胞は,炎症性心筋疾患で増加する. これらの細胞をターゲットにすることで,心臓の自己免疫に対する新しい治療戦略が提供される可能性があります.

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