Two developmentally distinct populations of dendritic cells inhabit the adult mouse thymus: Demonstration by differential importation of hematogenous precursors under steady state conditions

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3514-3521

  Donskoy, Elina ^a   Goldschneider, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARABIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; THYMOCYTE;

EID: 0037378671     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.7.3514     Document Type: Article

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