Single cell analysis of complex thymus stromal cell populations: Rapid thymic epithelia preparation characterizes radiation injury

Clinical and Translational Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-285

  Williams, Kirsten M ^a   Mella, Heather ^a   Lucas, Philip J ^a   Williams, Joy A ^a   Telford, William ^a   Gress, Ronald E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation; Separation; Thymic epithelial cell

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CELL ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; LY51 ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL SEPARATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 77953404948     PISSN: 17528054     EISSN: 17528062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-8062.2009.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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