The role of the thymus and recent thymic migrants in the maintenance of the adult peripheral lymphocyte pool

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1839-1848

  Berzins, S P ^a   Boyd, R L ^a   Miller, J F A P ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b Institute of Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Peripheral T cell pool; T cell homeostasis; Thymic emigration; Thymus; Thymus grafting

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032101049     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.11.1839     Document Type: Article

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