Development of CD4+ macrophages from intrathymic T cell progenitors is induced by thymic epithelial cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4360-4367

  Esashi, Eiji ^a   Ito, Hiroaki ^a   Ishihara, Katsuhiko ^b,c   Hirano, Toshio ^b,c,d   Koyasu, Shigeo ^e,f   Miyajima, Atsushi ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Grad School of Frontier Biosciences   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FC RECEPTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 7; ONCOSTATIN M; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOSTATIN M RESPONSIVE THYMIC EPITHELIUM CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

EID: 4644288376     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.7.4360     Document Type: Article

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