Thymic medullary epithelial cell differentiation, thymocyte emigration, and the control of autoimmunity require lympho-epithelial cross talk via LTβR

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 757-769

  Boehm, Thomas ^a   Scheu, Stefanie ^b,c   Pfeffer, Klaus ^b   Bleul, Conrad C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epithelial cells; Selection; Thymopoiesis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGANDS; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0041884736     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030794     Document Type: Article

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