Stromal cell networks regulate thymocyte migration and dendritic cell behavior in the thymus

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2835-2841

  Sanos, Stephanie L ^a   Nowak, Jonathan ^a   Fallet, Mathieu ^a   Bajenoff, Marc ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULUM CELL; STROMA CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITIC CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; RADIATION CHIMERA; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79952755001     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1003563     Document Type: Article

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