Autonomous and extrinsic regulation of thymopoiesis inhuman immune system (HIS) mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2883-2893

  Huntington, Nicholas D ^a,b,c   Alves, Nuno L ^a,b,f   Legrand, Nicolas ^c,d,g   Lim, Annick ^a,b   Strick Marchand, Hélène ^a,b,c   Plet, Ariane ^e   Weijer, Kees ^c,d   Jacques, Yannick ^e   Spits, Hergen ^c,d,g   di Santo, James P ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Human Vaccine Consortium ^*  (United States)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^g AIMM Therapeutics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal models; Cell differentiation; Cytokines; T cells; Thymopoiesis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR AGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMOPOIESIS; THYMUS; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMERA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-15; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80053139523     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141586     Document Type: Article

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