Three day neonatal thymectomy selectively depletes NK1.1+ T cells

International Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1491-1499

  Hammond, Kirsten ^a   Cain, Wendy ^a   Van Driel, Ian ^a   Godfrey, Dale ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b Natl Hlth Med Res Cncl A   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune gastritis; NK1.1+ T cells; T lymphocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031709857     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/10.10.1491     Document Type: Article

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