Role of the p63-FoxN1 regulatory axis in thymic epithelial cell homeostasis during aging

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Burnley, P ^a   Rahman, M ^a   Wang, H ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Sun, X ^a   Zhuge, Q ^b   Su, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conditional FoxN1 knockout; Epithelial cell homeostasis; p63 p53 expression; Senescence; Thymic aging

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN P63;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOXN1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; P63 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THYMOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS GLAND; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84889604169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.460     Document Type: Article

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