The role of T cells in the pathogenesis of classical Whipple's disease

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-255

  Moos, Verena ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

T cells; Tropheryma whipplei; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CD11B ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 16;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84858168783     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.12.4     Document Type: Review

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