Lymphotoxin β receptor is required for the migration and selection of autoreactive T cells in thymic medulla

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 8069-8075

  Zhu, Mingzhao ^a   Chin, Robert K ^a   Tumanov, Alexei V ^a   Liu, Xiaojuan ^a   Fu, Yang Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INSULIN; LTBR PROTEIN, MOUSE; OVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSULITIS; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CHEMOKINE CCL21; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOTAXIS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INSULIN; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OVALBUMIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 40049092383     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.12.8069     Document Type: Article

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