Morphologic heterogeneity of human thymic nonlymphocytic cells

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-283

  Varga, Ivan ^a,b   Mikusova, Renata ^a   Pospisilova, Viera ^a   Galfiova, Paulina ^a   Adamkov, Marian ^c   Polak, Stefan ^a   Galbavy, Stefan ^a,d  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c University Hospital in Martin   (Slovakia)

^d St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Macrophages; Microenvironment; Myoid cells; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICROENVIRONMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 70450235211     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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