Peripheral T cells re-enter the thymus and interfere with central tolerance induction

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5612-5619

  Edelmann, Stephanie L ^a   Marconi, Peggy ^b   Brocker, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THYMUS;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; CHIMERA; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; GRAFT VS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPENIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF TOLERANCE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 79956211174     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1004010     Document Type: Article

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