Quantification of T cell receptor rearrangement of excision circles to estimate thymic function: An important new tool for endocrine-immune physiology

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-311

  Geenen, V ^d   Poulin, J F ^a,b   Dion, M L ^a,b   Martens, H ^d   Castermans, E ^d   Hansenne, I ^d   Moutschen, M ^d   Sekaly R P ^a,c   Cheynier, R ^a,e  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; STEROID HORMONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELL DIVISION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TECHNOLOGY; THYMUS FUNCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0344406880     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1760305     Document Type: Short Survey

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