Aire-dependent production of XCL1 mediates medullary accumulation of thymic dendritic cells and contributes to regulatory T cell development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 383-394

  Lei, Yu ^a,b   Ripen, Adiratna Mat ^a   Ishimaru, Naozumi ^a   Ohigashi, Izumi ^a   Nagasawa, Takashi ^c   Jeker, Lukas T ^d   Bösl, Michael R ^e   Holländer, Georg A ^d   Hayashi, Yoshio ^a   De Waal Malefyt, Rene ^f   Nitta, Takeshi ^a   Takahama, Yousuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CXCL1 CHEMOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINES; CHEMOKINES, C; CHEMOTAXIS; DACRYOCYSTITIS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF TOLERANCE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79951715831     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20102327     Document Type: Article

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