A linkage between dendritic cell and T-cell development in the mouse thymus: The capacity of sequential T-cell precursors to form dendritic cells in culture

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-349

  Lucas, Karen ^a   Vremec, David ^a   Wu, Li ^a   Shortman, Ken ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dendritic cell culture; Dendritic cell development; T cell precursors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

EID: 0032078634     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(98)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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