MHC-restricted T cell receptor signaling is required for αβ TCR replacement of the pre T cell receptor

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 391-399

  Croxford, Andrew L ^a,b   Akilli Ozturk, Ozlem ^a   Rieux Laucat, Frederic ^a,c   Förster, Irmgard ^a,d   Waisman, Ari ^a,b   Buch, Thorsten ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MHC restriction; Pre T cell receptor; T cell development

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; H 2K(K) ANTIGEN; H-2K(K) ANTIGEN; H2 ANTIGEN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN H 2D(B); HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN H-2D(B); HY ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRE T CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA; PRE-T CELL RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX RESTRICTION; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; H-2 ANTIGENS; H-Y ANTIGEN; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 42249109411     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737054     Document Type: Article

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