2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The role of regulatory B cells in systemic lupus erythematosus

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20890294
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Dermatology
Research Institution	Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan
Principal Investigator	WATANABE Rei Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan (50505154)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	全身性エリテマトーデス / CD19 / 制御性B細胞
Research Abstract	I demonstrated the existence and the role of regulatory B cell subset in murine lupus model and reported it in The Journal of Immunology.