Normal thymic selection of TCR transgenic CD4 T cells, but impaired survival in the periphery despite the presence of selecting MHC molecules

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3992-3999

  Barthlott, Thomas ^a   Wright, Rebecca J ^a   Stockinger, Brigitta ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032532621     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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