Blood. 2008 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
De novo induction of platelet-specific CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells from CD4+CD25- cells in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
Zhang XL, Peng J, Sun JZ, Liu JJ, Guo CS, Wang ZG, Yu Y, Shi Y, Qin P, Li SG, Zhang LN, Hou M.
Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Footnote: Xiao-Lin Zhang and Jun Peng contributed equally to this work.
1Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan; 2The Key Laboratory of
Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of
Health, Jinan; 3Department of Hematology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University,
Guangzhou; 4Department of Hematology, Second Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan; 5Department of
Science and Technology, Shandong University, Jinan; and 6Institute of Immunology, School of Medicine,
Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, P. R. China.
Correspondence: Jun Peng, Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan,
Shandong, 250012, P. R. China; Phone: +86-531-82169880; Fax: +86-531-86927544; E-mail:
junpeng88@sina.com.cnhttp://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org/cgi/reprint/blood-2008-03-148288v1