IFN-α is constitutively expressed in the human thymus, but not in peripheral lymphoid organs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Colantonio, Arnaud D ^a,c   Epeldegui, Marta ^a   Jesiak, Maria ^a   Jachimowski, Loes ^b   Blom, Bianca ^b   Uittenbogaart, Christel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN A; NUCLEIC ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEINS; STAT1 PROTEIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOID ORGAN; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; UPREGULATION; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

CELLS, CULTURED; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-7; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80052315127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024252     Document Type: Article

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