T cell homeostasis in steady state and lymphopenic conditions

Immunology Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Bourgeois, Christine ^a   Stockinger, Brigitta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lymphopenia; Lymphopenia induced proliferation; T cell homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPENIA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33751192027     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2006.08.001     Document Type: Review

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