Skewed TCRVβ repertoire in human thymus persists after thymic emigration: Influence of genomic imposition, thymic maturation and environmental challenge on human TCRVβ usage in vivo

Immunobiology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-86

  Reinhardt, Carsten ^a   Melms, Arthur ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MALE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

EID: 0031927165     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-2985(98)80065-X     Document Type: Article

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