Ligand density determines the efficiency of negative selection in the thymus

Transplantation

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 305-311

  Römermann, Dorothee ^a   Heath, William R ^b   Allison, Janette ^b   Bayer, Bettina ^a   Sorge, Yanina ^a   Miller, Jacques F A P ^b   Hoffmann, Matthias W ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; GENE DELETION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0034907943     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200107270-00025     Document Type: Article

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