Prethymic T-cell development defined by the expression of paired immunoglobulin-like receptors

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 4052-4060

  Masuda, Kyoko ^a,b   Kubagawa, Hiromi ^c   Ikawa, Tomokatsu ^d   Chen, Ching Cheng ^c   Kakugawa, Kiyokazu ^b   Hattori, Masakazu ^a   Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^a   Cooper, Max D ^c   Minato, Nagahiro ^a   Katsura, Yoshimoto ^e   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonal analysis; Fetal liver; Lineage commitment; T cell development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 28644433320     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600878     Document Type: Article

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