Thymic epithelial cells provide unique signals for positive selection of cd4+ cd8+ thymocytes in vitro

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 2027-2031

  Anderson, Graham ^a   Owen, John J T ^a   Moore, Nel C ^a   Jenkinson, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 3 ETHYLCARBODIIMIDE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC SELECTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0028225854     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.179.6.2027     Document Type: Article

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