Expression profiling of immature thymocytes revealed a novel homeobox gene that regulates double-negative thymocyte development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 5335-5345

  Kawazu, Masahito ^a   Yamamoto, Go ^a   Yoshimi, Mayumi ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuki ^a   Asai, Takashi ^a   Ichikawa, Motoshi ^a   Seo, Sachiko ^a   Nakagawa, Masahiro ^a   Chiba, Shigeru ^a   Kurokawa, Mineo ^a   Ogawa, Seishi ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTRACELLULAR TCR BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DUX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RUNX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THYMOCYTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 38449121233     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.8.5335     Document Type: Article

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