Distinct phases in the positive selection of CD8+ T cells distinguished by intrathymic migration and T-cell receptor signaling patterns

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

Volumn 111, Issue 25, 2014, Pages

  Ross, Jenny O ^a   Melichar, Heather J ^a   Au Yeung, Byron B ^b   Herzmark, Paul ^a   Weiss, Arthur ^b   Robey, Ellen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Thymic slice; Two photon microscopy; Zap70

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

THYMIC SLICE; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY; ZAP70;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONAL SELECTION, ANTIGEN-MEDIATED; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84903469638     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1408482111     Document Type: Article

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