Mutually antagonistic signals regulate selection of the T cell repertoire

International Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 623-632

  Stephens, Geoffrey L ^a,c   Ashwell, Jonathan D ^b   Ignatowicz, Leszek ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Knockout; Lymphocyte development; T lymphocyte; Thymus; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0242417043     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxg060     Document Type: Article

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