The lymphopenia mutation of the BB rat causes inappropriate apoptosis of mature thymocytes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1832-1841

  Hernández Hoyos, Gabriela ^a,b   Joseph, Sarah ^a,c   Miller, Nigel G A ^a   Butcher, Geoffrey W ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BB rat; Lymphopenia; lyp; Thymocyte

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE MUTATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, CONGENIC; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPENIA; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED BB; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032992530     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199906)29:06<1832::AID-IMMU1832>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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