Intestinal αβ T cells differentiate and rearrange antigen receptor genes in situ in the human infant

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7190-7199

  Williams, Amanda M ^a   Bland, Paul W ^a,c   Phillips, Anne C ^a   Turner, Susan ^a   Brooklyn, Trevor ^a   Shaya, Gabriel ^a   Spicer, Richard D ^b   Probert, Christopher S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T EARLY ALPHA PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINE; LARGE INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 10344263928     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.12.7190     Document Type: Article

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