Thymocyte-directed enhancement of apoptosis via soluble factor(s) derived from a cortical and a medullary thymic epithelial cell line

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Rinner, I ^a   Eren, R ^b   Skreiner, E ^a   Kukulansky, T ^b   Kasai, M ^c   Hirokawa, K ^c   Globerson, A ^b   Schauenstein, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell culture; Mouse (C57BL 6J); Organ culture; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL LINE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL AGING; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SOLUBILITY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0029970649     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050592     Document Type: Article

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