Stabilized β-catenin in thymic epithelial cells blocks thymus development and function

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2997-3007

  Zuklys, Saulius ^a   Gill, Jason ^a   Keller, Marcel P ^a   Hauri Hohl, Mathias ^a   Zhanybekova, Saule ^a   Balciunaite, Gina ^a   Na, Kyung Jae ^a   Jeker, Lukas T ^a   Hafen, Katrin ^a   Tsukamoto, Noriyuki ^b   Amagai, Takashi ^b   Taketo, Makoto M ^c   Krenger, Werner ^a   Holländer, Georg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GROWTH INHIBITOR; WHN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDODERM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH INHIBITORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 64849101655     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0713723     Document Type: Article

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