Phenotypic analysis of human CD4+ T cells specific for immediate early 63 protein of varicella-zoster virus

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3393-3403

  Jones, Louise ^a   Black, Antony P ^a   Malavige, Gathsaurie N ^a,c   Ogg, Graham S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

T cells; Tetrameric complex; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN IE63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 37549045966     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737648     Document Type: Article

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