Thymus dysfunction and chronic inflammatory disease in gp39 transgenic mice

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1111-1122

  Clegg, Christopher H ^a   Rulffes, Jeffrey T ^a   Haugen, Harald S ^a   Hoggatt, I Heather ^a   Aruffo, Alejandro ^a   Durham, Stephen K ^a   Farr, Andrew G ^b   Hollenbaugh, Diane ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CD40; gp39; Inflammation; Thymocyte; Thymus; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 39; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS DISEASE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; CD40 LIGAND; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030808125     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.8.1111     Document Type: Article

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