Mature cd4 single positive thymocytes in human thymoma: T cells may differentiate in the thymic epithelial cell tumor

Pathobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 216-222

  Inoue, Masayoshi ^a   Fujii, Yoshitaka ^b   Okumura, Meinoshin ^c   Takeuchi, Yukiyasu ^c   Shiono, Hiroyuki ^c   Miyoshi, Shinichiro ^c   Matsuda, Hikaru ^c   Shirakura, Ryota ^a  

^a Biomedical Research Center   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD3; CD69; Human T cell; Positive selection; TcR ; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMOMA;

EID: 0030733342     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000164126     Document Type: Article

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