T-cell responses to mitogens in atomic bomb survivors: A decreased capacity to produce interleukin 2 characterizes the T cells of heavily irradiated individuals

Radiation Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-88

  Kusunoki, Y ^a   Hayashi, T ^a   Morishita, Y ^a   Yamaoka, M ^a   Maki, M ^a   Hakoda, M ^a   Kodama, K ^a   Bean, M A ^a   Kyoizumi, S ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0035146789     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2001)155[0081:TCRTMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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