The clonal composition of human CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ cells determined by a comprehensive DNA-based multiplex PCR for TCRB gene rearrangements

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 321, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 107-120

  Scheinberg, Phillip ^a   Melenhorst, Jan J ^a   Hill, Brenna J ^b   Keyvanfar, Keyvan ^a   Barrett, A John ^a   Price, David A ^b,c   Douek, Daniel C ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Regulatory T cells; Repertoire development; T cell receptors; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIGEN PP65; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CLONING; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMORY CELL; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONE CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; FETAL BLOOD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA STABILITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 33947319111     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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