Three-dimensional visualization of the mouse thymus organization in health and immunodeficiency

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 586-596

  Irla, Magali ^a   Guenot, Jeanne ^a   Sealy, Gregg ^a   Reith, Walter ^a   Imhof, Beat A ^a   Sergé, Arnauld ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 8; LYMPHOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THYMIC EPITHELIUM CELL; CORTICOMEDULLARY JUNCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIUM CELL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS CORTEX; THYMUS MEDULLA; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD80; ANTIGENS, CD86; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84872198683     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200119     Document Type: Article

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