Functional maturation of mouse CD4+CD8- thymocytes induced by medullary-type thymus epithelial cells

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-439

  Lu, Lisheng ^a   Chen, Weifeng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

CD4+CD8 thymocytes; Functional maturation; Qa 2 expression; Thymic epithelial cell line

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; SECRETION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030201696     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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