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Analysis of the T-cell receptor V beta usage in monozygotic and dizygotic twins living in a Plasmodium falciparum endemic area in west Africa.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 May 1997
Troye-Blomberg M, Fogdell A, el-Ghazali G, Larsson A, King M H, Sisay-Joof F, Olerup O, Grunewald J, Jepson A
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To investigate the influence of genetic and/or environmental factors in the development and shaping of the human peripheral T cell repertoire the authors studied the T-cell receptor (TCR) V beta usage in 10 adult monozygous (Mz) and nine dizygous (Dz) twin pairs living in a Plasmodium falciparum endemic area in West Africa. The TCR repertoire was determined using a small panel of anti-V beta specific monoclonal...
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