Intrathymic non-lymphatic hematopoiesis during mammalian ontogenesis

In Vivo

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 599-618

  Bodey, Bela ^a,e   Bodey Jr , Bela ^a   Siegel, Stuart E ^b   Kaiser, Hans E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin A; Eosinophilic cells; Erythropoietic activity; Erythropoietin; Granulocyte CSF (G CSF); Granulocyte macrophage CSF (GM CSF); Granulocytopoiesis; Hassall's bodies (HBs); Hematopoietic growth factor KL (HGF KL); Immunocytochemistry; Macrophage CSF (M CSF); Mast cells; Monoclonal antibody (MoAB); Multipotential colony stimulating factor (Multi CSF); Pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells (PHSCs); Stem cell factor (SCF); Surface antigenic markers; Thymic eosinophilia; Thymic hormones

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOSIALIN; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DOG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GRANULOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MAST CELL; MESENCHYME; MYELOPOIESIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; REVIEW; THYMUS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0032441069     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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