Thymocyte death by neglect: Contribution of engulfing macrophages

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1662-1667

  Szondy, Zsuzsa ^a   Garabuczi, Éva ^a   Tóth, Katalin ^a   Kiss, Bea ^a   Köröskényi, Krisztina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Macrophages; Phagocytosis; Thymic selection

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BH3 PROTEIN; BIM PROTEIN; CASPASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN MCL 1; PUMA PROTEIN; RETINOID; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84864012557     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201142338     Document Type: Review

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