Synergistic, context-dependent, and hierarchical functions of epithelial components in thymic microenvironments

Cell

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-172

  Calderón, Lesly ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCL25 CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE; DLL4 PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SCF CHEMOKINE; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL NICHE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84859208234     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.01.049     Document Type: Article

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