Detection of T cell receptor circles (TRECs) as biomarkers for de novo T cell synthesis using a quantitative polymerase chain reaction-enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (PCR-ELISA)

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 187-197

  Al Harthi, Lena ^a   Marchetti, Giulia ^a   Steffens, Carolyn M ^a   Poulin, Jean François ^b,c   Sékaly, Rafick Pierre ^b,c,d   Landay, Alan ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

De novo T cells; PCR ELISA; Recent thymic emigrants; T cell receptor excision circle (TREC); Thymopoiesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CELL SURFACE MARKER; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADULT; AGING; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 0034599903     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(00)00136-8     Document Type: Article

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