CD8

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Acronym	Definition
CD8	Cluster of Differentiation 8 (glycoprotein)

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Lalvani asserted that their findings suggest that by making the body produce more of this specific type of CD8 T cell, you can protect people against symptomatic illness and this could provide the blueprint for developing a universal flu vaccine.

Universal flu vaccine closer to reality

Immunohistochemistry shows positivity for factor VIII, CD31, CD8, and type IV collagen; CD21 and CD68 are negative.

Sclerosing angiomatoid nodular transformation of the spleen

T lymphocytes were identified according to their positivity for CD8 and typical light scatter, and the cytokine IL-17 production was evaluated within the [CD8.

Elevated [CD8.sup.+] IL-[17.sup.+] Tc17 levels and their correlation with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: romatoid artit hastalarinda artmis [CD8.sup.+] IL-[17.sup.+] Tc17 duzeyleri ve hastalik aktivitesi ile olan Iliskisi

Observations of changes in CD38 expression on CD8 T cells in HIV-1-infected patients have shown that CD8 CD38-expressing T cells give an insight into viral replication [2,7,9-12,15-16,36].

Lymphocyte activation in HIV-1 infection: time for quality control

Normal values of CD4 and CD8 lymphocyte subsets in healthy indian adults and the effects of sex, age, ethnicity and smoking.

Establishment of T-lymphocyte subset reference intervals in a healthy adult population in Chennai, India

The subjects taking the combination tonic also showed increased CD69 activation, expressed primarily on CD8 T cells, and to a lesser extent on CD4 T cells and NK cells.

The effect in humans of three immune stimulating herbs

Binding of the FITC-labelled antibodies against CD4 and CD8 is not reduced by increasing concentrations of AGP, indicating lacking competition of AGP with the antibodies for the same epitopes on CD4 and CD8 antigen.

Binding studies of an arabinogalactan-protein from Echinacea purpurea to leucocytes

1) The purpose of this article is to report the absolute CD4 and CD8 counts and CD4:CD8 ratios found in these eight patients, and to compare these results with those previously reported in other patients with ordinary B-CLL.

Absolute CD4 and CD8 counts and CD4-to-CD8 ratios in eight patients with indolent B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

These new assays were based on measuring antigen-specific cytokine production in both CD4 and CD8 T cells from HIV-infected people.

Trying to make sense of treatment interruptions

They also looked at CD8 T-cell responses using ex vivo stimulation with vaccinia-infected cells.

Study suggests smallpox vaccine may provide lifelong immunity: degrades only slightly over time

At early time points ranging from 27 days to 7 years after vaccination, nearly all volunteers possessed strong CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses.

Smallpox vaccine may provide lifelong immunity: 'remarkably stable' serum antibody levels

There are, for example, reports demonstrating the feasibility of assessing CD38 expression levels on CD8 + T lymphocytes through quantitative cytometric analyses (3-5).

Quantitating fluorescence intensity from fluorophores: practical use of MESF values