Ontogeny and immunohistochemical localization of thymus-dependent and thymus-independent RT6+ cells in the rat

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2043-2056

  Waite, Debra J ^a   Appel, Michael C ^a   Handler, Eugene S ^a   Mordes, John P ^a   Rossini, Aldo A ^a   Greiner, Dale L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Diabetes Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ISOANTIBODIES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; RATS, NUDE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029950809     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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