Disturbances in the peripheral T-cell repertoire of patients with motor neuron disease: High levels of activation and indirect evidence of superantigen

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 220-224

  Katchar, K ^a   Osorio, L ^b   Conradi, S ^c   Wigzell, H ^b   Gigliotti, D ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SUPERANTIGENS;

EID: 0034962612     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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