Cross-linking of T-cell receptors on double-positive thymocytes induces a cytokine-mediated stromal activation process linked to cell death

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 5876-5887

  Lerner, Adam ^a,b   Clayton, Linda K ^a,b   Mizoguchi, Emiko ^b,c   Ghendler, Yoseph ^a   Van Ewijk, Willem ^d   Koyasu, Shigeo ^a,b   Bhan, Atul K ^b,c   Reinherz, Ellis L ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytokine; Stroma; TCR; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; GENE ACTIVATION; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029907408     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00974.x     Document Type: Article

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