Thymic indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-positive eosinophils in young children: Potential role in maturation of the naive immune system

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2043-2052

  Tulic, Meri K ^a   Sly, Peter D ^b   Andrews, David ^c   Crook, Maxine ^c   Davoine, Francis ^d   Odemuyiwa, Solomon O ^d   Charles, Adrian ^c   Hodder, Megan L ^a   Prescott, Susan L ^a   Holt, Patrick G ^b   Moqbel, Redwan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; KYNURENINE; STAT5 PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; NEWBORN; ONTOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; TH2 CELL; THYMUS;

EID: 73649117127     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.090015     Document Type: Article

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