Primary cultured human thymic epithelial cells express both membrane-bound and soluble HLA-G translated products

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-234

  Mallet, Valérie ^a   Fournel, Sylvie ^a   Schmitt, Christian ^b   Campan, Agnès ^a   Lenfant, Françoise ^a   Le Bouteiller, Philippe ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

HLA G; Isoforms; Thymic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOCYTE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SOLUBILITY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032776847     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(99)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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