Role of positive selection of thymoma-associated T cells in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-40

  Inada, Keiji ^a   Okumura, Meinoshin ^a   Shiono, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Masayoshi ^a   Kadota, Yoshihisa ^a   Ohta, Mitsunori ^a   Matsuda, Hikaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Four color flow cytometry; Myasthenia gravis; Paraneoplastic autoimmune disease; Selection of T cell repertoire; T cell development; T cell receptor; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYASTHENIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA; THYMUS; THYMUS SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMOMA;

EID: 19444371042     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2005.01.023     Document Type: Article

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