Frequency of epitope-specific naive CD4 + T cells correlates with immunodominance in the human memory repertoire

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2537-2544

  Kwok, William W ^a   Tan, Venus ^a   Gillette, Laurie ^b   Littell, Christopher T ^b   Soltis, Michele A ^b   LaFond, Rebecca B ^a   Yang, Junbao ^a   James, Eddie A ^a   DeLong, Jonathan H ^a  

^a BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; CD27 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; EPITOPE; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHRAX VACCINES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY;

EID: 84863230683     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102190     Document Type: Article

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