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- adjective Having
lymphopenia . - adjective not comparable Characterized by, or concerning, lymphopenia.
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Due to its profound impact on the homeostatic levels of T cells and lack of toxicity in vivo, IL-7 therapy is currently being used in clinical trials as a means to bolster T cell levels in lymphopenic individuals
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ryan M. O'Connell et al. 2010
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Our approach resulted in hIL-7 serum concentrations higher than those found in healthy human adults, which ranges from 0.27 to 8.7 pg/ml (average 2.2 pg/ml), yet within the range of some HIV-positive lymphopenic individuals
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ryan M. O'Connell et al. 2010
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BBDP rats are T cell lymphopenic in both the CD4 and to an even greater extent in the CD8 compartments; BBDR rats have a normal peripheral lymphocyte phenotype
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ART2a congenic rats were developed by us and differ from ordinary non-lymphopenic, non-diabetic WF animals in that they express the "a" rather than the "b" allotype of the ART2
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Steven C. Pino et al. 2009
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Without infecting these lymphopenic mice with flu viruses, they received pneumonia bacteria.
innovations-report 2009
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The study results support additional investigation into the role of IL-7 as a physiological immuno enhancer, which fosters restoration of T cells in lymphopenic patients, and improves T cell responses against chronically expressed antigens.
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Chief of the Pediatric Oncology Branch and Head of the Immunology Section at NCI, the trial is designed to determine whether immune responses to tumor lysates can be induced in lymphopenic patients with specific types of pediatric solid tumors by combining immunotherapy consisting of autologous lymphocyte infusions depleted of regulatory T cells
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Since the immunoregulatory activity of Tregs based on adoptive transfer models that take advantage of lymphopenic settings to enhance Treg proliferation can be explained by active regulation or a side effect of competition for "space"
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Guojiang Chen et al. 2009
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