T-cell receptor repertoire and function in umbilical cord blood lymphocytes from newborns of type 1 diabetic mothers

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 167-171

  Manfras, B J ^a   Claudi Boehm, S ^a   Kreienberg, R ^a   Boehm, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Spectratyping; Superantigens; T cell receptor; T cell receptor repertoire; Type 1 diabetes; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SUPERANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEWBORN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; T LYMPHOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPERANTIGENS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 12944306890     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-004-0161-z     Document Type: Article

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