Frequency and cytokine phenotype of blood T cells from premature infants responding to staphylococcal enterotoxin B.

doi:10.1203/00006450-199504000-00012

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Frequency and cytokine phenotype of blood T cells from premature infants responding to staphylococcal enterotoxin B.

Pediatric research - 1 Apr 1995

Hayward A R, Cosyns M, Zhang Y

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The responder cell frequency (RCF) of premature (< 1900 g birth weight) infants' blood lymphocytes, which proliferate in cultures stimulated by staphylococcal enterotoxin B, falls from 1:3400 to about 1:8000 during the first 2 wk of life. Term infants, in contrast, show no fall in RCF. The reduce...

Topics

Cell Cycle
Cell Division
Enterotoxins
Humans
Indicator Dilution Techniques
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Interferon-gamma
Interleukin-2
Interleukin-4
Interleukin-6
Phenotype
Staphylococcus aureus
T-Lymphocytes

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