Evidence of premature immune aging in patients thymectomized during early childhood

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3070-3078

  Sauce, Delphine ^a   Larsen, Martin ^a   Fastenackels, Solène ^a   Duperrier, Anne ^b   Keller, Michael ^c   Grubeck Loebenstein, Beatrix ^c   Ferrand, Christophe ^b   Debré, Patrice ^a   Sidi, Daniel ^d   Appay, Victor ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL RENEWAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE IMMUNE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

EID: 70349664158     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI39269     Document Type: Article

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