Specific activation of the cysteine protease CPP32 during the negative selection of T cells in the thymus

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1503-1512

  Alam, Antoine ^a   Braun, Michel Y ^a   Hartgers, Franca ^a   Lesage, Sylvie ^a   Cohen, Luchino ^a   Hugo, Patrice ^c   Denis, François ^a   Sékaly, Rafick Pierre ^a,b  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME C; DEXAMETHASONE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OKT 3; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030698056     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.186.9.1503     Document Type: Article

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