Thymic epithelial requirement for γδ T cell development revealed in the cell ablation transgenic system with TSCOT promoter

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 481-493

  Lee, Gwanghee ^b,d   Kim, Ki Yeon ^a   Chang, Cheong Hee ^c   Kim, Moon Gyo ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

EGFP; Fetal thymic organ culture; Gamma delta T cell; Thymic epithelial cell; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITROREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SUICIDE GENE; THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMUS; TSCOT GENE;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SYMPORTERS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; THYMUS GLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84870322222     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-012-0246-4     Document Type: Article

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