Enhancing T lineage production in aged mice: A novel function of Foxn1 in the bone marrow niche

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5583-5593

  Zook, Erin C ^a   Zhang, Shubin ^a   Gerstein, Rachel M ^b   Witte, Pamela L ^a   Le, Phong T ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; DELTA LIKE 4 PROTEIN; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FORKHEAD BOX N1 PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; STEM CELL ANTIGEN 1; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNDECAN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MOUSE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL NICHE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84888384671     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202278     Document Type: Article

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