Long-term retention of mature NK1.1+ NKT cells in the thymus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4059-4065

  Berzins, Stuart P ^a   McNab, Finlay W ^a   Jones, Claerwen M ^a   Smyth, Mark J ^b   Godfrey, Dale I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646034075     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.7.4059     Document Type: Article

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