The dominant human conjunctival epithelial CD8αβ+ T cell population is maintained with age but the number of CD4+ T cells increases

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1517-1528

  Williams, Geraint P ^a   Denniston, Alastair K O ^a   Oswal, Kadambari S ^a   Tomlins, Paul J ^a   Barry, Robert J ^a   Rauz, Saaeha ^a   Curnow, S John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Conjunctiva; Lymphocyte; Mucosa; T cell

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHABETA ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHABETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CD3+CD56- T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD45+ LEUKOCYTE; CD8ALPHABETA+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TCRALPHABETA+ CD8ALPHABETA+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876467890     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9316-3     Document Type: Article

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