Positive selection of CD4+ T cells by TCR-specific antibodies requires low valency TCR cross-linking: Implications for repertoire selection in the thymus

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3252-3258

  Suzuki, Harumi ^a,b   Guinter, Terry I ^a   Koyasu, Shigeo ^b   Singer, Alfred ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Bldg 10 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cross linking; Positive selection; TCR signal; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FETUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, FC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0031713718     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199810)28:10<3252::AID-IMMU3252>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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