Homeostasis limits the development of mature CD8+ but not CD4+ thymocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2730-2734

  Van Meerwijk, Joost P M ^a,b   Marguerat, Samuel ^c   MacDonald, H Robson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; GROWTH REGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2;

EID: 0032521283     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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