Molecular quantitation of thymic output in mice and the effect of IL-7

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2827-2836

  Pido Lopez, Jeffrey ^a   Imami, Nesrina ^a   Andrew, Deborah ^a   Aspinall, Richard ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; IL 7; Recent thymic migrant; T cell development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERLEUKIN 7; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL LOSS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE LOCUS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS ATROPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR DELTA; INTERLEUKIN-7; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0036772766     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(2002010)32:10<2827::AID-IMMU2827>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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