Reduced thymic output and peripheral naïve CD4 T-cell alterations in primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 233-239

  Haegert, David G ^a   Hackenbroch, Jessica D ^a   Duszczyszyn, Danielle ^a   Fitz Gerald, Leslie ^a   Zastepa, Evelyn ^a   Mason, Helen ^a   Lapierre, Yves ^a   Antel, Jack ^a   Bar Or, Amit ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; T cell homeostasis; T cell receptors; Thymic output

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR EXCISION CIRCLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79953324122     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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