Unbiased analysis, enrichment and purification of thymic stromal cells

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 329, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 56-66

  Gray, Daniel H D ^a   Fletcher, Anne L ^a   Hammett, Maree ^a   Seach, Natalie ^a   Ueno, Tomoo ^a   Young, Lauren F ^a   Barbuto, Jade ^a   Boyd, Richard L ^a   Chidgey, Ann P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epithelial cells; Flow cytometry; Purification; Stromal cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; KERATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ISOLATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL SEPARATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; KERATINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMAL CELLS; TEMPERATURE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 37049010471     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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