Thymic stromal cells can support B cell differentiation from intrathymic precursors

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 963-967

  Montecino Rodriguez, Encarnacion ^a   Johnson, Anne ^a   Dorshkind, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030028618     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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