Three distinct subsets of thymic epithelial cells in rats and mice defined by novel antibodies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Sawanobori, Yasushi ^a   Ueta, Hiashi ^a   Dijkstra, Christine D ^b   Park, Chae Gyu ^c   Satou, Motoyasu ^a   Kitazawa, Yusuke ^a   Matsuno, Kenjiro ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ED18; PROTEIN ED19; PROTEIN ED21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DEC-205 RECEPTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; LECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PLANT LECTIN; ULEX EUROPAEUS LECTINS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THYMUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

MUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD; CELLS, CULTURED; CLAUDIN-3; CLAUDIN-4; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; KERATIN-5; KERATIN-8; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LECTINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84908350102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109995     Document Type: Article

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