MHC Class II Molecules Are Required for Initiation of Positive Selection but Not during Terminal Differentiation of Human CD4 Single Positive Thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3730-3737

  Vanhecke, Dominique ^a   Verhasselt, Bruno ^a   De Smedt, Magda ^a   De Paepe, Boel ^a   Leclercq, Georges ^a   Plum, Jean ^a   Vandekerckhove, Bart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MOUSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INFANT; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031569478     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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