In Vivo Administration of flt3 Ligand Markedly Stimulates Generation of Dendritic Cell Progenitors from Mouse Liver

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 4268-4278

  Drakes, Maureen L ^a   Lu, Lina ^a   Subbotin, Vladimir M ^a   Thomson, Angus W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLT3 LIGAND PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0031279151     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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