Stromal cell contributions to the homeostasis and functionality of the immune system

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 618-629

  Mueller, Scott N ^a   Germain, Ronald N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD32 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; FC RECEPTOR; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; MUCOSAL ADDRESSIN CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; EBOLA VIRUS; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; LASSA VIRUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MARBURG VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SPLEEN; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL MOVEMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; SPLEEN; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 70249085585     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2588     Document Type: Review

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