Direct and indirect roles of the LTβR pathway in central tolerance induction

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 325-331

  Zhu, Mingzhao ^a   Brown, Nicholas K ^b   Fu, Yang Xin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; B7 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; OVALBUMIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TISSUE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BARE LYMPHOCYTE SYNDROME; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77956190665     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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