Majority of TcRβ+ T-lymphocytes located in thymus and midgut of the bony fish, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 329, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-489

  Romano, Nicla ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Abelli, Luigi ^b   Caccia, Elisabetta ^a   Piergentili, Rita ^a   Mastrolia, Lucia ^a   Randelli, Elisa ^a   Buonocore, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus labrax (Teleostei); Intestine; Sea bass; T cells; TcR ; Thymus

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DLT15; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASS; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; MAMMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; SERRANIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASS; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 34547770754     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0429-z     Document Type: Article

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