Serial progression of cortical and medullary thymic epithelial microenvironments

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-22

  Alves, Nuno L ^a   Takahama, Yousuke ^b   Ohigashi, Izumi ^b   Ribeiro, Ana R ^a   Baik, Song ^c   Anderson, Graham ^c   Jenkinson, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortex; Medulla; Thymic epithelial cells; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CORTICAL THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MEDULLARY THYMIC EPITHELIAL CELL; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMUS; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84892472653     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201344110     Document Type: Review

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