Human Thymocytes Become Lineage Committed at an Early Postselection CD69+ Stage, before the Onset of Functional Maturation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 5973-5983

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

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD27 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FETUS; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, CD27; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETUS; GENES, RAG-1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MICE, SCID; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031573665     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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