Article
T-cell receptor beta chain variability in bone marrow and peripheral blood in severe acquired aplastic anemia.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jan 1997
Manz C Y, Dietrich P Y, Schnuriger V, Nissen C, Wodnar-Filipowicz A
Abstract excerpt
Aplastic anemia (AA) is characterized by multilineage bone marrow failure of unknown etiology. In order to assess the role of immune-mediated mechanisms in hematopoietic suppression, we examined the diversity of T lymphocyte repertoire in terms of variable (V) gene segment usage of the T cell rec...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Anemia, Aplastic
- Bone Marrow
- Bone Marrow Cells
- Child, Preschool
- Clone Cells
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- T-Lymphocytes
- Transcription, Genetic
