Direct visualization of thymocyte apoptosis in neglect, acute and steady-state negative selection

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1537-1548

  Wack, Andreas ^a   Ladyman, Heather M ^b   Williams, Owen ^a   Roderick, Kathleen ^a   Ritter, Mary A ^b   Kioussis, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

F5 TCR transgenic mice; Macrophages; Peptide; Thymus architecture; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOUSE; NEGLECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THYMOCYTE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROCIRCULATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029845450     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.10.1537     Document Type: Article

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