Thymus-derived signals regulate early T-cell development

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-159

  Schmitt, Thomas M ^a   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Notch receptor ligand; T cell development; Thymocyte differentiation; Thymus; Thymus stroma

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; FLT3 LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 7; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 21344433039     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevImmunol.v25.i2.40     Document Type: Review

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