Rank Signaling Links the Development of Invariant γδ T Cell Progenitors and Aire + Medullary Epithelium

Immunity

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-437

  Roberts, Natalie A ^a   White, Andrea J ^a   Jenkinson, William E ^a   Turchinovich, Gleb ^b,c   Nakamura, Kyoko ^a   Withers, David R ^a   McConnell, Fiona M ^a   Desanti, Guillaume E ^a   Benezech, Cecile ^a   Parnell, Sonia M ^a   Cunningham, Adam F ^a   Paolino, Magdalena ^d   Penninger, Josef M ^d   Simon, Anna Katharina ^e   Nitta, Takeshi ^f   Ohigashi, Izumi ^f   Takahama, Yousuke ^f   Caamano, Jorge H ^a   Hayday, Adrian C ^b,c   Lane, Peter J L ^a   Jenkinson, Eric J ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR EXPRESSING MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FETUS; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PRECURSOR CELLS, T-LYMPHOID; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84858795036     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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