Death of T cell precursors in the human thymus: A role for CD38

International Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1105-1116

  Tenca, Claudya ^a   Merlo, Andrea ^a   Zarcone, Daniela ^a   Saverino, Daniele ^a   Bruno, Silvia ^a   De Santanna, Amleto ^a   Ramarli, Dunia ^c   Fabbi, Marina ^b   Pesce, Carlo ^a   Deaglio, Silvia ^d   Ciccone, Ermanno ^a   Malavasi, Fabio ^d   Grossi, Carlo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; CD31; CD38; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; LIGAND; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADP-RIBOSYL CYCLASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD28; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD38; ANTIGENS, CD80; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 10744223594     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxg111     Document Type: Review

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