Molecular and cellular mechanisms of T Cell development

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-280

  Bommhardt, U ^a   Beyer, M ^a   Hunig T ^a   Reichardt, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Lineage decision; Notch; Rat; Thymic stroma; Thymocyte selection; Thymopoiesis

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 2 [1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 5 METHOXY 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; BETA CATENIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CONCANAVALIN A; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; IONOMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OKT 4; OKT 8; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE LCK; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; TACROLIMUS; WNT PROTEIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOID CELL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 1242306708     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-3224-3     Document Type: Review

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