CD44 - A protein family involved in autoimmune diseases and apoptosis
Date Issued
2001-01-01
Author(s)
Johansson, Britt
Abstract
In chronic inflammatory disease lesions, lymphocytes ore resistant to activation-induced cell death,through CD95. This protection may be mediated by CD44, and here Ursula Gunthert and Britt Johansson examine and discuss CD44 isoform expression in a range of diseases, and their therapeutic implications.