Architectural defects in the spleens of Nkx2-3-deficient mice are intrinsic and associated with defects in both B cell maturation and T cell-dependent immune responses

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4002-4010

  Tarlinton, David ^a   Light, Amanda ^a   Metcalf, Donald ^a   Harvey, Richard P ^b,c   Robb, Lorraine ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN NKX 2 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN SIZE; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0037446534     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.8.4002     Document Type: Article

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