Expansion and proliferation of skin-homing T cells in atopic dermatitis as assessed at the single cell level

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Jung, Thomas ^a,b   Schulz, Stephanie ^a   Zachmann, Karolin ^a   Neumann, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CD4+T cell; CD7; CLA; DNA content; House dust mite antigen; Tetanus toxoid antigen

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CUTANEOUS LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; DNA; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BIOASSAY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONITORING; PARAMETER; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD7; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 0037226831     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069010     Document Type: Article

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