Promiscuous gene expression in the thymus: The root of central tolerance

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 81-99

  Magalhães, Danielle A R ^a   Silveira, Eduardo L V ^a   Junta, Cristina M ^a   Sandrin Garcia, Paula ^a   Fachin, Ana Lucia ^a   Donadi, Eduardo A ^a   Sakamoto Hojo, Elza T ^a   Passos, Geraldo A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; cDNA microarray; Promiscuous gene expression; Self non self discrimination; T cell tolerance; Thymus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CORTICAL THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA MICROARRAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MACROPHAGE; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMISCUOUS GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STROMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS STROMA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33845643943     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 10292357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17402520600877091     Document Type: Article

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