Developing T-cell migration: Role of semaphorins and ephrins

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4390-4399

  Mendes Da Cruz, Daniella Arêas ^a   Stimamiglio, Marco Augusto ^a,b   Muñoz, Juan Jose ^c   Alfaro, David ^b   Terra Granado, Eugênia ^a,b,d   Garcia Ceca, Javier ^b   Alonso Colmenar, Luis Miguel ^c   Savino, Wilson ^a   Zapata, Agustin G ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Biology Faculty   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ephs; Neuropilins; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymocyte migration; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; EPHRIN; EPHRIN A1; EPHRIN A2; EPHRIN A3; EPHRIN A4; EPHRIN A5; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN B3; NEUROPILIN; PLEXIN; PLEXIN A1; PLEXIN A2; PLEXIN D1; SCLEROPROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SEMAPHORIN 3E; SEMAPHORIN 3F; SEMAPHORIN 4D; SEMAPHORIN 7A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; EPHRINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; SEMAPHORINS; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84868288226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-202952     Document Type: Review

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