The T-cell receptor vβ repertoire of nickel-specific T cells

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 290, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 397-401

  Zollner, Thomas M ^a   Neubert, Christian ^a   Wettstein, Annette ^a   Boehncke, Wolf Henning ^a   Manfras, Burkhard ^c   Böhm, Bernhard Otto ^c   Sterry, Wolfram ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Nickel; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; NICKEL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN ALLERGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PSORIASIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031714522     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004030050324     Document Type: Article

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