From murine to human Nude/SCID: The thymus, T-Cell development and the missing link

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Romano, Rosa ^a   Palamaro, Loredana ^a   Fusco, Anna ^a   Iannace, Leucio ^a   Maio, Stefano ^a   Vigliano, Ilaria ^a   Giardino, Giuliana ^a   Pignata, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXN1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEM CELL ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHN PROTEIN;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE DEFICIENCY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SELECTION; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84859720163     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 17402530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/467101     Document Type: Review

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