Development and functional properties of thymic and extrathymic T lymphocytes

Critical Reviews in Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-466

  Heinonen, Krista M ^a,b   Perreault, Claude ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T cells; Immunodeficiency; Immunosenescence; Negative positive selection; Regulatory T cells; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INVOLUTION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE INDUCTION;

EID: 57349119343     PISSN: 10408401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critrevimmunol.v28.i5.40     Document Type: Review

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