Commitment and Developmental Potential of Extrathymic and Intrathymic T Cell Precursors: Plenty to Choose from

Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 678-689

  Bhandoola, Avinash ^a   von Boehmer, Harald ^b   Petrie, Howard T ^c   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; HERMES ANTIGEN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; P SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

AGING; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE THERAPY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL LINEAGE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 34250212481     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2007.05.009     Document Type: Review

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