Epidermal growth factor modulates fetal thymocyte growth and differentiation

Developmental Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-182

  Freitas, Claudia S ^a   Dalmau, Sergio R ^a,b   Kovary, Karla ^b   Savino, Wilson ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Fetal thymus organ culture; T cell ontogeny

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031811435     PISSN: 10446672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/46801     Document Type: Article

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