Plxnd1 expression in thymocytes regulates their intrathymic migration while that in thymic endothelium impacts medullary topology

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Choi, Young I ^a,b   Duke Cohan, Jonathan S ^a,b   Tan, Jing ^a,c   Gui, Jingang ^a,b   Singh, Manvendra K ^d   Epstein, Jonathan A ^d   Reinherz, Ellis L ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Autoimmunity; Plexind1; Thymic development; Thymic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890367040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00392     Document Type: Article

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