Thymic nurse cell multicellular complexes in HY-TCR transgenic mice demonstrate their association with MHC restriction

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 232, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 780-788

  Martinez, Marcia ^a   Samms, Michael ^b   Hendrix, Tonya M ^b   Adeosun, Oluwaseun ^b   Pezzano, Mark ^b   Guyden, Jerry C ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

H Y TCR Mice; MHC restriction; Thymic nurse cells; Thymocyte development

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NURSE CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; FEMALE; H-Y ANTIGEN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 34249680219     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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