Improvement of psoriasis after tonsillectomy is associated with a decrease in the frequency of circulating T cells that recognize streptococcal determinants and homologous skin determinants

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5160-5165

  Thorleifsdottir, Ragna Hlin ^a,b   Sigurdardottir, Sigrun Laufey ^a,b   Sigurgeirsson, Bardur ^a   Olafsson, Jon Hjaltalin ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Martin Ingi ^a,b   Petersen, Hannes ^a,b   Arnadottir, Sigurlaug ^a,b   Gudjonsson, Johann Eli ^c   Johnston, Andrew ^c   Valdimarsson, Helgi ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; KERATIN; M PROTEIN; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATINE TONSIL; PHARYNGITIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSORIASIS; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861152857     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102834     Document Type: Article

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