Increased susceptibility of thymocytes to apoptosis in mice lacking AIM, a novel murine macrophage-derived soluble factor belonging to the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain superfamily

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 413-422

  Miyazaki, Toru ^a   Hirokami, Yumiko ^a   Matsuhashi, Nobuyuki ^b   Takatsuka, Hisakazu ^c   Naito, Makoto ^c  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Inhibitory factor; Knockout mouse; Macrophage; Scavenger receptor cysteine rich

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; THYMOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, LIPOPROTEIN; RECEPTORS, SCAVENGER; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCAVENGER RECEPTORS, CLASS B; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033579824     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.2.413     Document Type: Article

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