Ablation and regeneration of tolerance-inducing medullary thymic epithelial cells after cyclosporine, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone treatment

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 823-831

  Fletcher, Anne L ^a   Lowen, Tamara E ^a   Sakkal, Samy ^a   Reiseger, Jessica J ^a   Hammett, Maree V ^a   Seach, Natalie ^a   Scott, Hamish S ^b   Boyd, Richard L ^a   Chidgey, Ann P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ABLATION THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REGENERATION; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70249136199     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0900225     Document Type: Article

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