Enhancement of IL-7 following irradiation of fetal thymus

Immunobiology

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-258

  Toki, Junko ^a   Adachi, Yasushi ^a   Jin, Tienan ^a   Fan, Tianxue ^a   Takase, Katsunori ^a   Lian, Zhexiong ^a,b   Hayashi, Haruki ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^b   Ikehara, Susumu ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; DIMER; INTERLEUKIN 7; MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MITOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0041476056     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-2985-00242     Document Type: Article

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