Telomerase activity is increased and telomere length shortened in T cells from blood of patients with atopic dermatitis and psoriasis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4742-4747

  Wu, K ^a   Higashi, N ^a   Hansen, E R ^a   Lund, M ^a   Bang, K ^a   Thestrup Pedersen, K ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0034667816     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.8.4742     Document Type: Article

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