Clonal expansion of CD8+ BV8 T lymphocytes in bone marrow characterizes thymoma-associated B lymphopenia

Blood

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3106-3108

  Maria Masci, Anna ^b   Palmieri, Giovannella ^b   Vitiello, Laura ^b   Montella, Liliana ^b   Perna, Francesco ^b   Orlandi, Paola ^b   Abbate, Gianfranco ^b   Zappacosta, Serafino ^b   De Palma, Raffaele ^b   Racioppi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BODY REGIONS; BONE MARROW; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOOD SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SYNDROME; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038717675     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-08-2638     Document Type: Article

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