Upregulated expression of fibronectin receptors underlines the adhesive capability of thymocytes to thymic epithelial cells during the early stages of differentiation: Lessons from sublethally irradiated mice

Blood

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 974-990

  Dalmau, Sergio R ^a   Freitas, Claudia S ^b   Savino, Wilson ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FIBRONECTIN RECEPTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; L SELECTIN; LAMININ; MEROSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0032956996     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v93.3.974     Document Type: Article

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