An organized medullary epithelial structure in the normal thymus expresses molecules of respiratory epithelium and resembles the epithelial thymic rudiment of nude mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4331-4337

  Dooley, James ^a   Erickson, Matt ^a   Farr, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; TISSUE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; THYMUS;

EID: 25444512043     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.7.4331     Document Type: Article

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