Thymic-independent T cell regeneration occurs via antigen-driven expansion of peripheral T cells resulting in a repertoire that is limited in diversity and prone to skewing

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4609-4616

  Mackall, Crystal L ^a,b   Bare, Catherine V ^a   Granger, Larry A ^a   Sharrow, Susan O ^a   Titus, Julie A ^a   Gress, Ronald E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIVISION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIATION CHIMERA; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0029943897     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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