Immunologic Aging in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Does Infant Sternotomy Matter?

Two subsets of memory T lymphocytes with distinct homing potentials and effector functions

Federica Sallusto, Danielle Lenig, Reinhold Förster et al. · Nature · 1999 · 5.7K citations

Autoimmune Disease, Adaptive Immune System, Immunology +11

Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population

Ariane Marelli, Andrew S. Mackie, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu et al. · Circulation · 2007 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Immunocompetent T-Cells with a Memory-Like Phenotype are the Dominant Cell Type Following Antibody-Mediated T-Cell Depletion

Jonathan P. Pearl, Jeremy Parris, Douglas A. Hale et al. · American Journal of Transplantation · 2005 · 461 citations

Autoimmune Disease, T-regulatory Cell, Immunology +10

The influence of partial or total thymectomy during open heart surgery in infants on the immune function later in life

Jenna Huld Eysteinsdóttir, Jóna Freysdóttir, Ásgeir Haraldsson et al. · Clinical & Experimental Immunology · 2004 · 108 citations · Full text

Pediatric Heart Disease, Immunology, Surgery +18

Immunodeficiency following neonatal thymectomy in man.

Sally Brearley, T. A. Gentle, M I Baynham et al. · PubMed · 1987 · 95 citations

Primary Immunodeficiency, Neonatal Thymectomy, Pediatric Heart Disease +14