Thymic myoid cells express high levels of muscle genes

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 97-105

  Mesnard Rouiller, Laurence ^a   Bismuth, Jacky ^a   Wakkach, Abdel ^a,b   Poëa Guyon, Sandrine ^a   Berrih Aknin, Sonia ^a  

^a CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Muscle genes; Myasthenia gravis; Myoid cells; Thymus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; MUSK; RAPSYN; TROPONIN T; UTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MUSCLE; MYOID CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 1242317647     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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