Onset of thymic recovery and plateau of thymic output are differentially regulated after stem cell transplantation in children

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 194-205

  Eyrich, Matthias ^a,b   Wollny, Gernot ^a   Tzaribaschev, Nikolaj ^a   Dietz, Klaus ^a   Brügger, Dorothee ^a   Bader, Peter ^a   Lang, Peter ^a   Schilbach, Karin ^a   Winkler, Beate ^a   Niethammer, Dietrich ^a   Schlegel, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immune reconstitution; Pediatric stem cell transplantation; T cell dynamics; Thymic function; TREC

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELPHALAN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AGE; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CELL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RECIPIENT; SCLERODERMA; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOPENIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYELOABLATIVE AGONISTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING;

EID: 20044362900     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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