TCR-β chains derived from peripheral γδ T cells can take part in αβ T-cell development

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3520-3529

  Bosco, Nabil ^a   Engdahl, Corinne ^a   Bénard, Angèle ^a   Rolink, Johanna ^a   Ceredig, Rhodri ^a,b   Rolink, Antonius G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

T cells; T cells; pre TCR; TCR chains; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PAX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL THERAPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRO B LYMPHOCYTE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 59749102042     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838668     Document Type: Article

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