Pancreatic gene expression in rare cells of thymic medulla: Evidence for functional contribution to T cell tolerance

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1355-1365

  Smith, Kathleen M ^a,b   Olson, David C ^a   Hirose, Ryutaro ^a   Hanahan, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Pancreatic gene; T cell tolerance; Thymic medulla

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INSULIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030796631     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.9.1355     Document Type: Article

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