A distinct wave of human T cell receptor γ/δ lymphocytes in the early fetal thymus: Evidence for controlled gene rearrangement and cytokine Production

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 847-859

  Krangel, Michael S ^a   Yssel, Hans ^b   Brocklehurst, Cathy ^a   Spits, Hergen ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; FETUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE CULTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CHILD; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; CYTOKINES; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONSTANT REGION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKINS; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0025171303     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.172.3.847     Document Type: Article

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