Abnormal thymocyte subset distribution and differential reduction of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets during peripheral maturation in diabetes-prone biobreeding rats

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1269-1275

  Groen, Herman ^a   Klatter, Flip A ^a   Brons, Nicolaas H C ^a   Mesander, Geert ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Paul ^a   Kampinga, Jaap ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, THY-1; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030068961     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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