T cells of atomic bomb survivors respond poorly to stimulation by Staphylococcus aureus toxins in vitro: Does this stem from their peripheral lymphocyte populations having a diminished naïve CD4 T-cell content?

Radiation Research

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 715-724

  Kusunoki, Yoichiro ^a   Yamaoka, Mika ^a   Kasagi, Fumiyoshi ^a   Hayashi, Tomonori ^a   Koyama, Kazuaki ^a   Kodama, Kazunori ^a   MacPhee, Donald G ^a   Kyoizumi, Seishi ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CELL; PATIENT; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036895521     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)158[0715:TCOABS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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