Notch induces human T-cell receptor γ δ+ thymocytes to differentiate along a parallel, highly proliferative and bipotent CD4 CD8 double-positive pathway

Leukemia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-138

  Van Coppernolle, S ^a   Vanhee, S ^a   Verstichel, G ^a   Snauwaert, S ^a   Van Der Spek, A ^b   Velghe, I ^a   Sinnesael, M ^a   Heemskerk, M H ^c   Taghon, T ^a   Leclercq, G ^a   Plum, J ^a   Langerak, A W ^b   Kerre, T ^a   Vandekerckhove, B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gammadelta T cell; Notch; thymus

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84856750521     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2011.324     Document Type: Article

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