Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 160-171 , February 2006

Impaired Allogeneic Activation and T-helper 1 Differentiation of Human Cord Blood Naive CD4 T Cells

  • Li Chen

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    • Li Chen and Aileen Cleary Cohen contributed equally to this report.
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  • Aileen C. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Li Chen and Aileen Cleary Cohen contributed equally to this report.
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  • David B. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: D. B. Lewis, MD, Division of Immunology and Transplantation Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR Bldg, Room 2115b, 269 Campus Dr, Stanford, CA 94305

Received 25 June 2005 ,Accepted 22 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.10.027

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 160-171 , February 2006