Phenotypic and Functional Maturation of TCR γδ Cells in the Human Thymus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4634-4641

  Offner, Fritz ^a,b   Van Beneden, Katrien ^a   Debacker, Veronique ^a   Vanhecke, Dominique ^a   Vandekerckhove, Bart ^a   Plum, Jean ^a   Leclercq, Georges ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IL15RA PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-15; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031570102     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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