Thermal injury-plus-sepsis contributes to a substantial deletion of intestinal mesenteric lymph node CD4+ T cell via apoptosis

<p>Thermal injury (TI) with septic complications continues to be a serious clinical problem. One of the main concerns in such patients is immunosuppression related to functional derangements in intestinal CD4<sup>+</sup> T lymphocytes. Extensive previous studies in thermal injury/s...

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Main Author: Nadeem Fazal, Walid M Al-Ghoul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2007-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.biolsci.org/v03p0393.htm