Thymus-derived glucocorticoids set the threshold for thymocyte selection by inhibiting TCR-mediated thymocyte activation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1327-1333

  Vacchio, Melanie S ^a   Lee, Jan Y M ^a   Ashwell, Jonathan D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METYRAPONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOANTIGENS; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; METYRAPONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033179257     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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