An epithelial progenitor pool regulates thymus growth

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6101-6108

  Jenkinson, William E ^a   Bacon, Andrea ^a   White, Andrea J ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a   Jenkinson, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FOXN1 PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; INTRINSIC FACTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WHN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; THYMUS; TISSUE GROWTH; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUDE MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGENERATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHIMERA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; MOSAICISM; REGENERATION; STEM CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 58749112397     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.9.6101     Document Type: Article

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