Eph/ephrin-mediated interactions in the thymus

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Muñoz, Juan Jose ^a   Cejalvo, Teresa ^a   Alonso Colmenar, Luis Miguel ^a   Alfaro, David ^a   Garcia Ceca, Javier ^a   Zapata, Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eph; Ephrin; Thymocyte thymic epithelial cell crosstalk; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; EPHRIN; EPHRIN A4; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B3; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 5; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 4; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSENDOTHELIAL AND TRANSEPITHELIAL MIGRATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EPHRINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80053366088     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329490     Document Type: Review

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