The thymic medulla is required for Foxp3+ regulatory but not conventional CD4+ thymocyte development

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 675-681

  Cowan, Jennifer E ^a   Parnell, Sonia M ^a   Nakamura, Kyoko ^a   Caamano, Jorge H ^a   Lane, Peter J L ^a   Jenkinson, Eric J ^a   Jenkinson, William E ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; CC CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 9; CCR7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; LECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; Q SURFACE ANTIGENS; RELB PROTEIN, MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMIC MEDULLA; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, CCR; RECEPTORS, CCR7; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878662471     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20122070     Document Type: Article

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