Downregulation of CD1 marks acquisition of functional maturation of human thymocytes and defines a control point in late stages of human T cell development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-151

  Res, Pieter ^a   Blom, Bianca ^a   Hori, Toshiyuki ^b   Weijer, Kees ^a   Spits, Hergen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, CD4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031023770     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.185.1.141     Document Type: Article

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