Thymocyte apoptosis drives the intrathymic generation of regulatory T cells

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Konkel, Joanne E ^a   Jin, Wenwen ^a   Abbatiello, Brittany ^a   Grainger, John R ^a   Chen, Wanjun ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Phagocytes; TCR affinity; Thymic Treg

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

PHAGOCYTES; TCR AFFINITY; THYMIC TREG;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMOCYTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84893365911     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320319111     Document Type: Article

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