Antigen-presenting cells expressing glutamate decarboxylase 67 were identified as epithelial cells in glutamate decarboxylase 67-GFP knock-in mouse thymus

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-206

  Maemura, K ^a   Yanagawa, Y ^b,c   Obata, K ^d   Dohi, T ^e   Egashira, Y ^a   Shibayama, Y ^a   Watanabe, M ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Glutamate decarboxylase; Thymus; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; KERATINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLANT LECTINS; PROINSULIN; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 33644910189     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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