Levels of CMV specific CD4 T cells are dynamic and correlate with CMV viremia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Widmann, Thomas ^a   Sester, Urban ^a   Gärtner, Barbara C ^a   Schubert, Jörg ^a   Pfreundschuh, Michael ^a   Köhler, Hans ^a   Sester, Martina ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; VIREMIA; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYCLOSPORINE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VIREMIA; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 56149116121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003634     Document Type: Article

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