The chemokine TECK is expressed by thymic and intestinal epithelial cells and attracts double- and single-positive thymocytes expressing the TECK receptor CCR9

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 262-271

  Wurbel, Marc André ^a   Philippe, Jean Marc ^a   Nguyen, Catherine ^a   Victorero, Geneviève ^a   Freeman, Tom ^b   Wooding, Peter ^b   Miazek, Arkadiusz ^a   Mattei, Marie Geneviève ^c   Malissen, Marie ^a   Jordan, Bertrand R ^a   Malissen, Bernard ^a   Carrier, Alice ^a   Naquet, Philippe ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Chemokine receptor; Stromal cell; T lymphocyte; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINES, CC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033986966     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200001)30:1<262::AID-IMMU262>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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