The thymic niche does not limit development of the naturally diverse population of mouse regulatory T lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3831-3837

  Romagnoli, Paola ^a,b,c   Dooley, James ^c,d   Enault, Genevieve ^a,b,c   Vicente, Rita ^a,b,c   Malissen, Bernard ^b,f,g   Liston, Adrian ^d,e   Van Meerwijk, Joost P M ^a,b,c  

^a France   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEMATOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RADIATION CHIMERA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84867314766     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1201564     Document Type: Article

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