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Intrathymic restriction and peripheral expansion of the T-cell repertoire in Omenn syndrome.
Blood - 15 Nov 1999
Signorini S, Imberti L, Pirovano S, Villa A, Facchetti F, Ungari M, Bozzi F, Albertini A, Ugazio A G, Vezzoni P, Notarangelo L D
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the human RAG genes that impair, but do not abolish, recombination activity lead to Omenn syndrome, a severe primary immune deficiency that is associated with clinical and pathological features of graft-versus-host disease and oligoclonal expansion of activated, autologous T cells. We have analyzed the mechanisms accounting for peripheral oligoclonality of the T-cell repertoire. Predominance of few...
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