Identification and characterization of human thymic cortical dendritic macrophages that may act as professional scavengers of apoptotic thymocytes

Immunobiology

Volumn 213, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 837-847

  Wakimoto, Taku ^a   Tomisaka, Ryuya ^a   Nishikawa, Yuriko ^a   Sato, Hiaki ^a   Yoshino, Tadashi ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Human thymus; Immunohistochemistry; Macrophage; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CD209 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; FASCIN; LYSOZYME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMIC CORTICAL DENDRITIC MACROPHAGE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

APOPTOSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 52749083057     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2008.07.032     Document Type: Article

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