Spatial Mapping of Thymic Stromal Microenvironments Reveals Unique Features Influencing T Lymphoid Differentiation

Immunity

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 999-1009

  Griffith, Ann V ^a   Fallahi, Mohammad ^a   Nakase, Hiroshi ^a   Gosink, Mark ^a   Young, Brandon ^a   Petrie, Howard T ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

MOLIMMUNO

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; B7 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; PROTEIN P63; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 71749103257     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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