High-resolution analysis of T-cell receptor β-chain repertoires using DNA heteroduplex tracking: Generally stable, clonal CD8 + expansions in all healthy young adults

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 113-121

  Shen, De Fen ^a   Doukhan, Laurence ^a   Kalams, Spyros ^b   Delwart, Eric ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA heteroduplex; Immune response; Nucleic acid population analysis; T cell receptor repertoire

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HETERODUPLEX; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD45; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031698167     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(98)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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