Maintenance of T cell specification and differentiation requires recurrent Notch receptor-ligand interactions

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-479

  Schmitt, Thomas M ^a   Ciofani, Maria ^a   Petrie, Howard T ^b   Zúñiga Pflücker, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphopoiesis and lineage commitment; Notch ligands; Stromal cell lines; T cell development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERMES ANTIGEN; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 4344572135     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20040394     Document Type: Article

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