The identification of thymic nurse cells in vivo and the role of cytoskeletal proteins in thymocyte internalization

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-129

  Webb, Oscar ^a   Kelly, Filberto ^a   Benitez, Javier ^a   Li, Juncheng ^a   Parker, Maisha ^a   Martinez, Marcia ^a   Samms, Michael ^a   Blake, Andrew ^a   Pezzano, Mark ^a   Guyden, Jerry C ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeletal proteins; Macrophages; Thymic nurse cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PH91; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIGITALIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFILAMENT; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TUBULIN;

EID: 3042560043     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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