K21-antigen: A molecule shared by the microenvironments of the human thymus and germinal centers

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-52

  Imami, Nesrina ^a   Ladyman, Heather M ^a   Vincents, Bjarne ^a   Al Tubuly, Abdulhamid ^a   Freysdóttir, Jona ^a   Sedibane, Moditi L ^a   Taylor Fishwick, David A ^b   Foxwell, Brian M J ^b   Ritter, Mary A ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follicular dendritic cell; Germinal center; Lymphocyte development; Thymic epithelium; Thymic microenvironment; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CELL ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; LYMPHOID CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TONSIL;

EID: 0031710459     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/29340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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