CD4+CD8+ Thymocytes Are Preferentially Induced to Die Following CD45 Cross-linking, Through a Novel Apoptotic Pathway

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4762-4771

  Lesage, Sylvie ^a   Steff, Ann Muriel ^a   Philippoussis, Fabianne ^a   Pagé, Martin ^a   Trop, Sébastien ^a   Mateo, Véronique ^a   Hugo, Patrice ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD8; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DNA FRAGMENTATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOCHONDRIA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031573142     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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