Autoimmunity and allergy control in adults submitted to complete thymectomy early in infancy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Silva, Susana L ^a,b   Albuquerque, Adriana ^a   Amaral, Andreia J ^a   Li, Quan Zhen ^c   Mota, Catarina ^a,b   Cheynier, Rémi ^d,e,f   Victorino, Rui M M ^a,b   Pereira Santos, M Conceição ^a   Sousa, Ana E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCIDENCE; INFANCY; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE PRESERVATION; MALE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; THYMECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REHABILITATION; SURGERY; THYMUS;

ADULT; AGING; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 85021856105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180385     Document Type: Article

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