Cell-Autonomous Defects in Thymic Epithelial Cells Disrupt Endothelial-Perivascular Cell Interactions in the Mouse Thymus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bryson, Jerrod L ^a   Griffith, Ann V ^b   Hughes III, Bernard ^c   Saito, Fumi ^d   Takahama, Yousuke ^d   Richie, Ellen R ^b   Manley, Nancy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ALLELE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; MESENCHYME; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS SIZE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOVEMENT; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MESODERM; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURAL CREST; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STROMAL CELLS; THYMUS GLAND;

MUS;

EID: 84878652422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065196     Document Type: Article

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