Molecular monitoring of immune reconstitution after haploidentical stem cell transplantation

Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-78

  Chen, Xiaohua ^a,c   Handgretinger, Rupert ^b   Hale, Gregory A ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Halpoidentical stem cell transplantation; KIR spectratyping; Molecular monitoring of immune reconstitution; T cell receptor CDR3 size spectratyping; T cell receptor excision circles; TCR beta microarray

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD45RA ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; DONOR; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 47749133498     PISSN: 1574888X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488808784223023     Document Type: Review

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