Cross-Linking the TCR Complex Induces Apoptosis in CD4+8+ Thymocytes in the Presence of Cyclosporin A

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  Poetschke, Heather L ^a   Klug, David B ^a   Walker, Dawn ^a   Richie, Ellen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; cyclosporin A; negative selection; thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL SELECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYCLOSPORINE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTOR-CD3 COMPLEX, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 0029837693     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/57362     Document Type: Article

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