Preterm neonates show marked leukopenia and lymphopenia that are associated with increased regulatory T-cell values and diminished IL-7

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 590-597

  Correa Rocha, Rafael ^a   Pérez, Alicia ^a   Lorente, Raquel ^a   Ferrando Martínez, Sara ^a   Leal, Manuel ^b   Gurbindo, Dolores ^a   Muñoz Fernández, M Ángeles ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY HEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE STATUS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERLEUKIN-7; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOPENIA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84859886099     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2012.6     Document Type: Article

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