Thymocyte selection regulates the homeostasis of IL-7-expressing thymic cortical epithelial cells in vivo

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1200-1209

  Ribeiro, Ana R ^a   Rodrigues, Pedro M ^a   Meireles, Catarina ^a   Di Santo, James P ^b   Alves, Nuno L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; B7 ANTIGEN; CCL25 PROTEIN; CCRL1 PROTEIN; CD205 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CELL ANTIGEN; CTSL PROTEIN; CTSS PROTEIN; DLL4 PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; LY51 PROTEIN; PRSS16 PROTEIN; PSMB11 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYMIC CORTICAL EPITHELIAL CELL; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD80; CATHEPSIN L; CATHEPSINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES, CC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTERLEUKIN-7; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B; RECEPTORS, CCR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880685834     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203042     Document Type: Article

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