Neonates harbour highly active γδ T cells with selective impairments in preterm infants

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1794-1806

  Gibbons, Deena L ^a,b   Haque, Syeda F Y ^a   Silberzahn, Tobias ^a   Hamilton, Katherine ^c   Langford, Cordelia ^d   Ellis, Peter ^d   Carr, Robert ^b,c   Hayday, Adrian C ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

T cells; Neonate immunity; Toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NEWBORN; PLEIOTROPY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 68649122780     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939222     Document Type: Article

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