Biphasic Aire expression in early embryos and in medullary thymic epithelial cells before end-stage terminal differentiation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 963-971

  Nishikawa, Yumiko ^a   Hirota, Fumiko ^a   Yano, Masashi ^a   Kitajima, Hiroyuki ^b   Miyazaki, Jun Ichi ^c   Kawamoto, Hiroshi ^d   Mouri, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsumoto, Mitsuru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; B7 ANTIGEN; CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DOWN REGULATION; DYSTROPHY; ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77952302980     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20092144     Document Type: Article

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