Distinct mechanisms contribute to generate and change the CD4:CD8 cell ratio during thymus development: A role for the Notch ligand, jagged1

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 5898-5908

  Jiménez, Eva ^a   Vicente, Angeles ^a   Sacedón, Rosa ^a   Muñoz, Juan J ^a   Weinmaster, Gerry ^b   Zapata, Agustín G ^a   Varas, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; JAGGED1; NOTCH RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 0343774150     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.10.5898     Document Type: Article

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