Sentence examples for effector compartment from inspiring English sources

The expansion of B cells in cKS patients and HSP controls was restricted to the subsets of the preimmune/natural effector compartment.

The most important finding in this study was the increased resistance to spontaneous apoptosis that was confined to B cells of the expanded preimmune/natural effector compartment.

More importantly, this finding of a reduced effector compartment was seen in those who had cleared the infection and with it, the associated circulating parasite Ag.

The reduction in the effector compartment in Inf patients might imply that these cells are turning over more rapidly from activation-induced cell death as a result of the constant exposure to circulating parasite antigens; however, this does not explain why the CLInf patients should have a similarly contracted effector compartment.

Within the preimmune/natural effector compartment, transitional, pre-naïve and naïve B cells were identified as cells lacking the expression of CD27 and further defined by the expression of CD38, CD5 and/or Ig isotypes [23].

Using cellular markers that enable the classification of B cells into distinct subsets, we analyzed B cells belonging to either the preimmune/natural effector compartment or the antigen-experienced T helper-dependent compartment.

The immune system of the small intestine, which is comprised of a variety of regulatory and effector compartments including Peyer's Patch cells, intraepithelial lymphocytes, lamina propria mononuclear cells and intestinal epithelial cells, has been extensively documented [ 4, 5].

Enhancement of both the central and effector memory compartments of the vaccinia-specific CD8+ T-cell response was observed.

The fact that these global changes in memory and effector cell compartments do not yet occur in infected children makes early treatment of LF even more crucial.

The same study examined the IFN-γ response to PPD, by ELISpot assay, among ten individuals aged 25 63 years, who had received BCG vaccination in childhood, and found it to be maintained both in central and effector memory compartments.

These results indicate that tumor-induced T cell depletion encompasses primary, secondary and effector immune compartments of the host, as decreased thymic, spleenic and lymph node output results in disruption of the circulating T cell repertoire.