The Eph/ephrinB signal balance determines the pattern of T-cell maturation in the thymus

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 844-852

  Alfaro, David ^a   Mũoz, Juan José ^a   García Ceca, Javier ^a   Cejalvo, Teresa ^a   Jiménez, Eva ^a   Zapata, Agustín G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

EphB; EphrinB; T cell differentiation; thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCID MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPHRINS; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

MUS;

EID: 80855133572     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2010.172     Document Type: Article

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