Leukemic T cells are specifically enriched in a unique CD3dimCD7low subpopulation of CD4+ T cells in acute-type adult T-cell leukemia

Cancer Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 569-577

  Tian, Yamin ^a,b   Kobayashi, Seiichro ^a   Ohno, Nobuhiro ^c   Isobe, Masamichi ^c   Tsuda, Mayuko ^c   Zaike, Yuji ^d   Watanabe, Nobukazu ^a   Tani, Kenzaburo ^b   Tojo, Arinobu ^a,c   Uchimaru, Kaoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Oncology ^*  (Japan)

^d University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD7 T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; GENOMIC INTEGRATION SITE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD7; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, ADULT T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79951724657     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2010.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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