Early progression of thymocytes along the CD4/CD8 developmental pathway is regulated by a subset of thymic epithelial cells expressing transforming growth factor β

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1495-1506

  Takahama, Y ^c   Letterio, John J ^a   Suzuki, Harumi ^a   Farr, Andrew G ^b   Singer, Alfred ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Syntex Research ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; SUPPRESSOR CELL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMAN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STEM CELLS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0028230798     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.179.5.1495     Document Type: Article

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