Disorganization of thymic medulla precedes evolution towards diabetes in female NOD mice

Autoimmunity

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-260

  Atlan Gepner, Catherine ^c   Naspetti, Marianne ^a   Valéro, René ^c   Barad, Marc ^a   Lepault, Françoise ^b   Vialettes, Bernard ^c   Naquet, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; NOD mouse; Stromal cells; Thymus; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STROMA CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0033490887     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939908994070     Document Type: Article

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