Identification of neural crest derived cells within the cellular microenvironment of the human thymus employing a library of monoclonal antibodies raised against neuronal tissues

In Vivo

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-48

  Bodey, Bela ^a,f   Bodey Jr , Bela ^a   Siegel, Stuart E ^e   Kemshead, John T ^b   Kaiser, Hans E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hassall's bodies (HBs); Immature thymocytes; Immunocytochemistry; Monoclonal antibodies MoAB; Neural crest; Postnatal thymus; Reticulo epithelial cells; T lymphocytes; Thymic cellular microenvironment; Thymic nurse cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIGEN; BIOTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN; STREPTAVIDIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOID CELL; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEURAL CREST CELL; RETICULUM CELL; STEM CELL; THYMUS;

EID: 0029977639     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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