TrkAIII expression in the thymus

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-161

  Tacconelli, Antonella ^a   Farina, Antonietta R ^a   Cappabianca, Lucia ^a   Cea, Gesilia ^a   Panella, Sonia ^a   Chioda, Antonella ^a   Gallo, Rita ^a   Cinque, Benedetta ^a   Sferra, Roberta ^a   Vetuschi, Antonella ^a   Campese, Antonio Francesco ^b   Screpanti, Isabella ^b   Gulino, Alberto ^b,c   Mackay, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative TrkAIII splicing; Hypoxia; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

COPPER CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JURKAT CELLS; MICE; NEUROBLASTOMA; RECEPTOR, TRKA; THYMUS EXTRACTS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 33846833911     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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