An alternate pathway for T cell development supported by the bone marrow microenvironment: Recapitulation of thymic maturation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1813-1821

  García Ojeda, Marcos E ^a   Dejbakhsh Jones, Sussan ^a   Weissman, Irving L ^a   Strober, Samuel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Development; Extrathymic; T cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; EFFECTOR CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 2642712488     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.11.1813     Document Type: Article

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