Molecular characterization of the mouse involuted thymus: Aberrations in expression of transcription regulators in thymocyte and epithelial compartments

International Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 813-822

  Ortman, Crystal L ^a   Dittmar, Kimberly A ^a   Witte, Pamela L ^a   Le, Phong T ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

E2A; Foxn1; HEB; IL 7; LIM only protein 2; Pre T ; Signal joint TCR excised circle; Stromal cell; T cell

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7; KERATIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYTOKERATIN 8; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; KRT8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LMO2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEIN; PRE T CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; PRE-T CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; TCF12 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TCF12 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WHN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL KINETICS; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; INVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AGING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-7; KERATIN-8; KERATINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METALLOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036311982     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxf042     Document Type: Article

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