Macrophage-derived chemokine and EBI1-ligand chemokine attract human thymocytes in different stage of development and are produced by distinct subsets of medullary epithelial cells: Possible implications for negative selection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 238-246

  Annunziato, Francesco ^a   Romagnani, Paola ^a   Cosmi, Lorenzo ^a   Beltrame, Chiara ^a   Steiner, Bart H ^c   Lazzeri, Elena ^a   Raport, Carol J ^c   Galli, Grazia ^a   Manetti, Roberto ^a   Mavilia, Carmelo ^a   Vanini, Vittorio ^b   Chantry, David ^c   Maggi, Enrico ^a   Romagnani, Sergio ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Apuanic Pediatric Hospital   (Italy)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^d Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHEMOKINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0034235746     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.1.238     Document Type: Article

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