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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
Abstract excerpt
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 reduced RCF in the premature infants affected cells that make interferon-gamma more than cells making IL-4. The reduced RCF...
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