Neonatal thymectomy reveals differentiation and plasticity within human naive T cells

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1126-1136

  Van Den Broek, Theo ^a   Delemarre, Eveline M ^a   Janssen, Willemijn J M ^a   Nievelstein, Rutger A J ^b   Broen, Jasper C ^a   Tesselaar, Kiki ^a   Borghans, Jose A M ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Edward E S ^c   Prakken, Berent J ^a   Mokry, Michal ^a,c,d   Jansen, Nicolaas J G ^a   Van Wijk, Femke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Division of Pediatrics Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology   (Netherlands)

^d Epigenomics Facility   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PLASTICITY; CHILD; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY; TISSUE REGENERATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THYMUS;

ANTIGENS, CD31; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84959914154     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI84997     Document Type: Article

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