CCRL1/ACKR4 is expressed in key thymic microenvironments but is dispensable for T lymphopoiesis at steady state in adult mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 574-583

  Lucas, Beth ^a   White, Andrea J ^a   Ulvmar, Maria H ^a,b   Nibbs, Robert J B ^c   Sitnik, Katarzyna M ^d   Agace, William W ^d,e   Jenkinson, William E ^a   Anderson, Graham ^a   Rot, Antal ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACKR4; CCRL1; Chemokines; T cell development; Thymic epithelial cells

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 4; CD40 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; PODOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CC CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR 9; CCR7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CCRL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; GP38 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PERICYTES; RECEPTORS, CCR; RECEPTORS, CCR7; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; STROMAL CELLS; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 84923081542     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201445015     Document Type: Article

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