Kinetics of steady-state differentiation and mapping of intrathymic-signaling environments by stem cell transplantation in nonirradiated mice

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 957-962

  Porritt, Helen E ^a   Gordon, Kristie ^a   Petrie, Howard T ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Growth and development; Homing; Migration; Thymus

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL KINETICS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITIC CELLS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 0141449952     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030837     Document Type: Article

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