Phenotypic Characterization of Peripheral T Cells and Their Dynamics in Scrub Typhus Patients

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Cho, Bon A ^a   Ko, Youngho ^a   Kim, Yeon Sook ^b   Kim, Sanguk ^c   Choi, Myung Sik ^a   Kim, Ik Sang ^a   Kim, Hang Rae ^a   Cho, Nam Hyuk ^a,d  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45RA ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LIPOCORTIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHILIA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SCRUB TYPHUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; SCRUB TYPHUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84865988443     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001789     Document Type: Article

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