Clonal deletion of thymocytes can occur in the cortex with no involvement of the medulla

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2575-2584

  McCaughtry, T M ^a   Baldwin, T A ^a   Wilken, M S ^a   Hogquist, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11C; APOPTOSIS; CLONAL DELETION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 58149154739     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20080866     Document Type: Article

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