The influence of the thymic environment on the CD4-versus-CD8 T lineage dicision

Nature Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 756-764

  Canelles, Matilde ^a   Park, Melissa L ^a   Schwartz, Owen M ^a   Fowlkes, B J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MICE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0041488620     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni953     Document Type: Article

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