Thymic function, aging, and AIDS

Authors
Haynes, BF Hale, LP
Citation
Bf. Haynes et Lp. Hale, Thymic function, aging, and AIDS, HOSP PRACT, 34(3), 1999, pp. 59
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
HOSPITAL PRACTICE
ISSN journal
87502836 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
8750-2836(19990315)34:3<59:TFAAA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
For the first time, physicians are challenged by clinical states in which t he T-cell pool is destroyed postnatally in large numbers of patients. One s uch state is AIDS; another is the immune damage of cancer chemotherapy. Acc ordingly, study of postnatal thymic function is now a matter of clinical ur gency, Ongoing work may point toward new strategies for repairing a damaged T-cell repertoire.