The role of the thymus in immune reconstitution in aging, bone marrow transplantation, and HIV-1 infection

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 529-560

  Haynes, Barton F ^a   Markert, M Louise ^a   Sempowski, Gregory D ^a   Patel, Dhavalkumar D ^a   Hale, Laura P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Autoimmunity; Cytokines; DiGeorge syndrome; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGING; AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS FUNCTION; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 0034124915     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.18.1.529     Document Type: Review

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