Lymphocyte numbers and subsets in the human blood. Do they mirror the situation in all organs?

Immunology Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-51

  Blum, Katrin S ^a   Pabst, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human; Lymphocyte circulation; Lymphocyte distribution

Indexed keywords

FINGOLIMOD;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE STATUS; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845605046     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2006.10.009     Document Type: Review

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