Alterations of the medullary epithelial compartment in the aire-deficient thymus: Implications for programs of thymic epithelial differentiation

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5225-5232

  Dooley, James ^a   Erickson, Matthew ^a   Farr, Andrew G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 8; KERATIN; PROTEIN P63; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRP63 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TARGET CELL; THYMUS; THYMUS EPITHELIUM; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KERATINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 54049121774     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.8.5225     Document Type: Article

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