Transferrin is required for early T-cell differentiation

Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 543-549

  Macedo, M Fatima ^a,b   De Sousa, Maria ^a,b   Ned, Renee M ^c,d   Mascarenhas, Claudia ^a   Andrews, Nancy C ^c,d,e   Correia Neves, Margarida ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Inst Sup de Saude do Alto Ave   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Iron; T cell differentiation; Thymus; Transferrin; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; HEMOGLOBINS; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 4043183284     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.01915.x     Document Type: Article

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