Decreased thymic output accounts for decreased naive T cell numbers in children with down syndrome

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4500-4507

  Bloemers, Beatrijs L P ^a   Bont, Louis ^a   De Weger, Roel A ^a   Otto, Sigrid A ^a   Borghans, Jose A ^a   Tesselaar, Kiki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; G0 PHASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79955037396     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1001700     Document Type: Article

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