Fibroblastic reticular cells: Organization and regulation of the T lymphocyte life cycle

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1389-1394

  Brown, Flavian D ^a,b   Turley, Shannon J ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; DENDRITIC CELL; FIBROBLASTIC RETICULAR CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; RETICULUM CELL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84922572199     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402520     Document Type: Review

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