Notch1 and IL-7 receptor interplay maintains proliferation of human thymic progenitors while suppressing non-T cell fates

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3711-3720

  García Peydró, Marina ^a   De Yébenes, Virginia G ^a   Toribio, María L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD33 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; FLT3 LIGAND; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; T6 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 33748507998     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.6.3711     Document Type: Article

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