T cell homeostasis: Thymus regeneration and peripheral T cell restoration in mice with a reduced fraction of competent precursors

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 591-599

  Almeida, A R M ^a   Borghans, J A M ^a   Freitas, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

CD4 T cells; CD8 T cells; Homeostasis; Thymus export; Thymus regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0035801476     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.5.591     Document Type: Article

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