The molecular signature underlying the thymic migration and maturation of TCRαβ +CD4 +CD8 - thymocytes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Teng, Fei ^a   Zhou, Yubin ^a   Jin, Rong ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Pei, Xiaoyan ^a   Liu, Yuanfeng ^a   Dong, Jie ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Pang, Xuewen ^a   Qian, Xiaoping ^a   Chen, Wei Feng ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Ge, Qing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; PLEXIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIDE POPULATION CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SEPARATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KINETICS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIDE-POPULATION CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80054081610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025567     Document Type: Article

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