The distribution of human TCR junctional region lengths shifts with age in both CD4 and CD8 T cells

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1407-1419

  Hall, Margaret A ^a   Reid, Janet L ^a   Lanchbury, Jerry S ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonal expansion; Human; TCR

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALPHA-CHAINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0031679991     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.10.1407     Document Type: Article

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