Cathepsin-L influences the expression of extracellular matrix in lymphoid organs and plays a role in the regulation of thymic output and of peripheral T cell number

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7022-7032

  Lombardi, Gabriela ^a   Burzyn, Dalia ^a   Mundiñano, Juliana ^a   Berguer, Paula ^a   Bekinschtein, Pedro ^a   Costa, Hector ^a   Castillo, Lilian Fedra ^a   Goldman, Alejandra ^a,b   Meiss, Roberto ^c   Piazzon, Isabel ^a   Nepomnaschy, Irene ^a  

^a INST DE INVEST HEMATOLOGICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c ACADEMIA NACIONAL DE MEDICINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA5 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CATHEPSIN L; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBRONECTIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LAMININ; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 21044450326     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.11.7022     Document Type: Article

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