Thymus-derived glucocorticoids regulate antigen-specific positive selection

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2033-2038

  Vacchio, Melanie S ^a   Ashwell, Jonathan D ^b  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONAL DELETION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; H-2 ANTIGENS; H-Y ANTIGEN; HAPLOTYPES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SELF TOLERANCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031011063     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.11.2033     Document Type: Article

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