Stromal cells provide the matrix for migration of early lymphoid progenitors through the thymic cortex

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4354-4361

  Prockop, Susan E ^a   Palencia, Sharina ^a   Ryan, Christina M ^a   Gordon, Kristie ^a   Gray, Daniel ^a   Petrie, Howard T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ANTIBODY; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; THYMUS;

EID: 0037108384     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.8.4354     Document Type: Article

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