A unique thymic fibroblast population revealed by the monoclonal antibody MTS-15

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4956-4965

  Gray, Daniel H D ^a,d   Tull, Dedreia ^b   Ueno, Tomoo ^a   Seach, Natalie ^a   Classon, Brendan J ^c   Chidgey, Ann ^a   McConville, Malcolm J ^b   Boyd, Richard L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GROWTH FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY MTS 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 34247170523     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.8.4956     Document Type: Article

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