A comparison of two techniques for the molecular tracking of specific T- cell responses; CD4+ human T-cell clones persist in a stable hierarchy but at a lower frequency than clones in the CD8+ population

Immunology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 529-535

  Maini, M K ^a   Wedderburn, L R ^a   Hall, F C ^b   Wack, A ^c   Casorati, G ^c   Beverley, P C L ^a,d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d EDWARD JENNER INST FOR VACC RES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CELL INFILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANTIGENS, CD3; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERANTIGENS; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0031858515     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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