Characterization of cultured thymus tissue used for transplantation with emphasis on promiscuous expression of thyroid tissue-specific genes

Immunologic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 71-83

  Li, Bin ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Hsieh, Chia San ^a   Hale, Laura P ^a   Li, Yi Ju ^a   Devlin, Blythe H ^a   Markert, M Louise ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Gene expression; Thymocyte; Thymus tissue; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID PEROXIDASE; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; KERATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; STANDARD; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; KERATINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; THYROGLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 69849091968     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-008-8083-4     Document Type: Article

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