Hepatitis B vaccine-specific CD4+ T cells can be detected and characterised at the single cell level: Limited usefulness of dendritic cells as signal enhancers

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Litjens, Nicolle H R ^a   Huisman, Martin ^a   Baan, Carla C ^a   van Druningen, Corné J ^a   Betjes, Michiel G H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antigen specific T cells; Cytokine flow cytometry; Dendritic cells; Hepatitis B

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 38349171278     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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