Levels of dendritic cell populations and regulatory T cells vary significantly between two commonly used mouse strains

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Vogelsang, Petra ^a   Hovden, Arnt Ove ^a   Jonsson, Roland ^a,b   Appel, Silke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 10 MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 70450060603     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2009.02327.x     Document Type: Article

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