Thymopoiesis and regulatory T cells in healthy children and adolescents

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between T cell receptor excision circle levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and regulatory T cells that co-express CD25 and Foxp3 in healthy children and adolescents of different ages. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The quanti...

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Main Authors: Maria Izabel Arismendi, Esper Georges Kallás, Bianca Almeida Natali dos Santos, Magda Maria Sales Carneiro-Sampaio, Cristiane Kayser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2012-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322012000500004