Fetal Liver Contains Committed NK Progenitors, but Is Not a Site for Development of CD34+ Cells into T Cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 694-702

  Jaleco, Ana Cristina ^a   Blom, Bianca ^a   Res, Pieter ^a   Weijer, Kees ^a   Lanier, Lewis L ^b   Phillips, Joseph H ^b   Spits, Hergen ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; MICE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031570823     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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