Role of IL-2 in rat fetal thymocyte development

International Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1589-1599

  Varas, Alberto ^a   Vicente, Angeles ^a   Romo, Teresa ^a   Zapata, Agustín G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fetal thymocyte; Fetal thymus organ culture; IL 2; Rat

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FETUS; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030863889     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/9.10.1589     Document Type: Article

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