CCR6 supports migration and differentiation of a subset of DN1 early thymocyte progenitors but is not required for thymic nTreg development

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 489-498

  Bunting, Mark D ^a,c   Comerford, Iain ^a   Kara, Ervin E ^a   Korner, Heinrich ^b   McColl, Shaun R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE CCL25; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 3BETA; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CCR6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE NEGATIVE 1 CELL; DOUBLE NEGATIVE 2 CELL; DOUBLE NEGATIVE 3 CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMIC CORTEX; THYMIC MEDULLA; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMOTAXIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, CCR6; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYMOCYTES;

EID: 84904043598     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2014.14     Document Type: Article

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