The CD8 Population in CD4-deficient Mice Is Heavily Contaminated with MHC Class II-restricted T Cells

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 559-565

  Tyznik, Aaron J ^a   Sun, Joseph C ^a   Bevan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

LCMV; Lineage commitment; Listeria monocytogenes; T cell receptor; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE DELETION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 1242343668     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20031961     Document Type: Article

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