Genetic determinism in the relationship between human CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocyte populations?

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 381-387

  Ahmadi, K R ^a,b   Hall, M A ^b   Norman, P ^c   Vaughan, R W ^c   Snieder, H ^a,d   Spector, T D ^a   Lanchbury, J S ^b,e  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Div of Med and Molecular Genetics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD4+ and CD8+ T cells; Polymorphic genes; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAUCASIAN; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYTOLOGY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TWINS;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035511652     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gene.6363796     Document Type: Article

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