Insertional mutagenesis affecting programmed cell death leads to thymic hyperplasia and altered thymopoiesis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 136-145

  Volkmann, Ariane ^a   Döffinger, Rainer ^b   Rüther, Ulrich ^d   Kyewski, Bruno A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE INSERTION; LIMB DEFECT; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPLASIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, SCID; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RADIATION CHIMERA; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030049720     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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