Expression of the HPV16E7 Oncoprotein by Thymic Epithelium is Accompanied by Disrupted T Cell Maturation and a Failure of the Thymus to Involute with Age

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 91-103

  Malcolm, K M ^a   Gill, J ^b   Leggatt, G R ^a   Boyd, R ^b   Lambert, P ^c   Frazer, I H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; T lymphocyte; Thymus; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; KERATIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN E7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS E7 PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HYPERTROPHY; INVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WART VIRUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347133327     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10446670310001626562     Document Type: Article

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