CCR7-mediated migration in the thymus controls γδ T-cell development

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1320-1329

  Reinhardt, Annika ^a   Ravens, Sarina ^a,b   Fleige, Henrike ^a   Haas, Jan D ^a,c   Oberdörfer, Linda ^a   Łyszkiewicz, Marcin ^a   Förster, Reinhold ^a   Prinz, Immo ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c MORPHOSYS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C C chemokine receptor CCR7; C C chemokine receptor CCR9; Intrathymic migration; T cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOCYTE;

C-C CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; C-C CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; INTRATHYMIC MIGRATION; ΓΔ T CELLS;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, CCR; RECEPTORS, CCR7; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84899499135     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201344330     Document Type: Article

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