label: Increased RTE CD4+ T cell proportion
label_lc: increased rte cd4+ t cell proportion
description: Abnormal increase of the recent thymic emmigrant (RTE) CD4+ T cell subpopulation, commonly characterized as CD45RA+, CD45RO-, or CD27+, with the necessary expression of CD31+, measured as percentage of total CD4+ T cells in the blood, compared to a reference range for a given sex and age-group. These cells are sometimes also characterized as CD62L+ and CCR7+.