Limited correlation between human thymus and blood NKT cell content revealed by an ontogeny study of paired tissue samples

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1399-1407

  Berzins, Stuart P ^a   Cochrane, Andrew D ^b   Pellicci, Daniel G ^a   Smyth, Mark J ^c   Godfrey, Dale I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CD161; CD1d; Human; NKT cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIVING DONOR; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KI-67 ANTIGEN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 18844432751     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200425958     Document Type: Article

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