Thymic differentiation of TCRαβ+ CD8αα + IELs

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 178-188

  Lambolez, Florence ^a   Kronenberg, Mitchell ^a   Cheroutre, Hilde ^a  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial cell; Intraepithelial lymphocyte; Selection; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; LARGE INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD8; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33846783082     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2006.00488.x     Document Type: Review

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