Thymic involution and proliferative T-cell responses in multiple sclerosis

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Duszczyszyn, Danielle A ^a   Williams, Julia L ^a   Mason, Helen ^a   Lapierre, Yves ^a   Antel, Jack ^a   Haegert, David G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; MS; Neuroimmunology; T cell receptors; T cells

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; KI 67 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CXCR4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN BCL 6;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INVOLUTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STATISTICS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD4; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-6; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951235041     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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