FcγRII/III and CD2 expression mark distinct subpopulations of immature CD4- CD8-murine thymocytes: In vivo developmental kinetics and T cell receptor β chain rearrangement status

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1079-1092

  Rodewald, Hans Reime ^a,b,e   Awad, Katherine ^a   Moingeon, Philippe ^a,b   D’Adamio, Luciano ^a,b   Rabinowitz, Daniel ^c   Shinkai, Yoichi ^d   Alt, Federick W ^d   Reinherz, Ellis L ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FC RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD2; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SEPARATION; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT, BETA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, IGG; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0027502561     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.177.4.1079     Document Type: Article

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