The thymus exports long-lived fully committed T cell precursors that can colonize primary lymphoid organs

Nature Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-82

  Lambolez, Florence ^a   Arcangeli, Marie Laure ^a   Joret, Anne Marie ^a   Pasqualetto, Valérie ^a   Cordier, Corinne ^a   Di Santo, James P ^a   Rocha, Benedita ^a   Ezine, Sophie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 29244468256     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni1293     Document Type: Article

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