Limiting TCR expression leads to quantitative but not qualitative changes in thymic selection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5764-5774

  Dave, Vibhuti P ^a   Allman, David ^a   Wiest, David L ^a   Kappes, Dietmar J ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONAL DELETION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIGANDS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SEX FACTORS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033563219     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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