Adult T-cell progenitors retain myeloid potential

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7188, 2008, Pages 768-772

  Wada, Haruka ^a,c   Masuda, Kyoko ^a,d   Satoh, Rumi ^a   Kakugawa, Kiyokazu ^a   Ikawa, Tomokatsu ^a   Katsura, Yoshimoto ^a,b   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; JUVENILE; MODELING; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL POPULATION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENVIRONMENT; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; HEMATOPOIESIS; LYMPHOID CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

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EID: 42049089318     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06839     Document Type: Article

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