Functional redundancy between thymic CD8α+and Sirpα+ conventional dendritic cells in presentation of blood-derived lysozyme by MHC class II proteins

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1421-1431

  Atibalentja, Danielle F ^a   Murphy, Kenneth M ^a,b   Unanue, Emil R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; CLODRONIC ACID; EGG WHITE; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; HEN EGG WHITE LYSOZYME; LYSOZYME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN; SIRP ALPHA PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MYELOID DENDRITIC CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, CD8; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MURAMIDASE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79251572366     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002587     Document Type: Article

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