Low serum transferrin levels in HFE C282Y homozygous subjects are associated with low CD8+ T lymphocyte numbers

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-325

  MacEdo, M Fatima ^a,b   Cruz, Eugenia ^a,b,c   Lacerda, Rosa ^b   Porto, Graça ^a,b,c   De Sousa, Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CD8+ T lymphocytes; HFE; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; HFE PROTEIN; IRON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON OVERLOAD; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IRON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 27744590510     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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