Autoantigen-Specific Interactions with CD4+ Thymocytes Control Mature Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cell Cellularity

Immunity

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 451-463

  Irla, Magali ^a   Hugues, Stéphanie ^a   Gill, Jason ^b   Nitta, Takeshi ^c   Hikosaka, Yu ^c   Williams, Ifor R ^d   Hubert, François Xavier ^e   Scott, Hamish S ^f   Takahama, Yousuke ^c   Holländer, Georg A ^b   Reith, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CELLIMMUNO

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; AUTOANTIGENS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD40 LIGAND; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SELF TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 51349101423     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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