Changes in cell migration-related molecules expressed by thymic microenvironment during experimental Plasmodium berghei infection: Consequences on thymocyte development

Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 248-256

  Gameiro, Jacy ^a   Nagib, Patrícia R A ^a   Andrade, Carolina F ^a   Villa Verde, Déa M S ^b   Silva Barbosa, Suse D ^c   Savino, Wilson ^b   Costa, Fábio T M ^a   Verinaud, Liana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Extracellular matrix; Plasmodium berghei; T cell development; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CCL25 CHEMOKINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4 ANTAGONIST; FIBRONECTIN RECEPTOR; LAMININ RECEPTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS ATROPHY;

EID: 73949139962     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2009.03177.x     Document Type: Article

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