Contribution of neural crest-derived cells in the embryonic and adult thymus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3183-3189

  Foster, Katie ^a   Sheridan, Julie ^b   Veiga Fernandes, Henrique ^a   Roderick, Kathleen ^a   Pachnis, Vassilis ^a   Adams, Ralf ^d   Blackburn, Clare ^b   Kioussis, Dimitris ^a   Coles, Mark ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROSA26; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THYMUS; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL CREST; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 49149124183     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.3183     Document Type: Article

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