Thymus epithelium induces tissue-specific tolerance

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1153-1164

  Bonomo, Adriana ^a   Matzinger, Polly ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SPLEEN TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS GRAFT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0027450835     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.177.4.1153     Document Type: Article

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