Noncanonical Wnt signaling promotes apoptosis in thymocyte development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 204, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3077-3084

  Liang, Huiling ^a,c   Coles, Andrew H ^a   Zhu, Zhiqing ^a   Zayas, Jennifer ^b   Jurecic, Roland ^b   Kang, Joonsoo ^a   Jones, Stephen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; PROTEIN KINASE C; WNT PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM; FETUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SEPARATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 37549021795     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 00221007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20062692     Document Type: Article

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