Ligand recognition during thymic development and γδ T cell function specification

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 207-213

  Meyer, Christina ^a   Zeng, Xun ^a   Chien, Yueh hsiu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

T cells; Ligand recognition; Thymocyte development

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CELL MATURATION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIMERIZATION; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIGANDS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77954659483     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2010.04.002     Document Type: Review

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