Impaired thymic export and increased apoptosis account for regulatory T cell defects in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 41, 2012, Pages 34157-34166

  Zhang, Wen Cai ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^a,b,c   Shu, Yan Wen ^a,b   Tang, Ting Ting ^a,b   Zhu, Zheng Feng ^a,b   Xia, Ni ^a,b   Nie, Shao Fang ^a,b   Liu, Juan ^a,b   Zhou, Su Feng ^a,b   Li, Jing Jing ^a,b   Xiao, Hong ^d   Yuan, Jing ^a,b   Liao, Meng Yang ^a,b   Cheng, Long Xian ^a,b   Liao, Yu Hua ^a,b   Cheng, Xiang ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NO1 People's Hospital of Yangzhou   (China)

^d NO1 Hospital of Wuhan   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES; ANNEXINS; CHEST PAIN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD; T CELL RECEPTOR; T CELLS; TREG CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; DEFECTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

CELL DEATH;

ACARBOSE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE MB; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LIPOCORTIN 5; METFORMIN; NITRATE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2; REPAGLINIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TROPONIN I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SMOKING; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; THYMUS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-11; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84867266663     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.382978     Document Type: Article

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