Molecular biological ontogenesis of the thymic reticulo-epithelial cell network during the organization of the cellular microenvironment

In Vivo

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-294

  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 Unit 1   (United States)

Author keywords

Immuno neuroendocrine regulation; Immunocytochemistry; Intrathymic neuropeptides; Intrathymic pituitary hormones; Monoclonal antibodies (MoABs); T lymphocyte maturation and differentiation; Thymic cellular microenvironment; Thymic histogenesis; Thymic hormones; Thymic ontogenesis; Thymic reticulo epithelial (RE) cells

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTONE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIOTHYRONINE; LIPID; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROLACTIN; SOMATOSTATIN; THYMOPENTIN; THYMOPOIETIN; THYMOTAXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DESMOSOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN SECRETION; SQUAMOUS CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; YOLK SAC;

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