Notch activation in thymic epithelial cells induces development of thymic microenvironments

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1756-1767

  Masuda, Kyoko ^a   Germeraad, Wilfred T V ^b   Satoh, Rumi ^a   Itoi, Manami ^c   Ikawa, Tomokatsu ^a   Minato, Nagahiro ^d   Katsura, Yoshimoto ^a,e   van Ewijk, Willem ^a,f   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Rodent; T cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN NOTCH LIGAND DELTA LIKE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSFECTION;

RODENTIA;

EID: 64149093045     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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