Thymocyte resistance to glucocorticoids leads to antigen-specific unresponsiveness Due to 'holes' in the T cell repertoire

Immunity

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-192

  Lu, Frank W M ^a   Yasutomo, Koji ^b   Goodman, Gregg B ^a   McHeyzer Williams, Louise J ^c   McHeyzer Williams, Michael G ^c   Germain, Ronald N ^b   Ashwell, Jonathan D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0034143917     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7613(00)80171-5     Document Type: Article

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