Ontogeny of thymic cortical epithelial cells expressing the thymoproteasome subunit β5t

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1278-1287

  Ripen, Adiratna Mat ^a,b   Nitta, Takeshi ^a   Murata, Shigeo ^c   Tanaka, Keiji ^d   Takahama, Yousuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5t; Thymic cortex; Thymic cortical epithelial cell; Thymoproteasome

Indexed keywords

BETA5T; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; PROTEASOME; RAG2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMIC CORTICAL EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RECEPTORS, CCR; RECEPTORS, CCR7; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB;

EID: 79955155165     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201041375     Document Type: Article

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