Identification of CD4-CD8-double-negative natural killer T cell precursors in the thymus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Dashtsoodol, Nyambayar ^a   Watarai, Hiroshi ^a   Sakata, Sakura ^a   Taniguchi, Masaru ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; CYTOKINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL SELECTION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; STEM CELL;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; STEM CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 58149237169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003688     Document Type: Article

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